At HOME Services Act

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Introduced 2026-05-20Topic: health care

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This bill would require the federal health department to start a 2-year program, within 1 year of the law passing, that lets hospitals provide outpatient observation services to Medicare patients in their homes. Hospitals that apply and meet set criteria would receive waivers of some rules, such as on-site 24-hour nursing and building safety requirements, and could use telehealth with the patient's home counted as an approved site. Participating hospitals would have to provide the same standard of care as for inpatients, meet safety standards, and report data to the department. The department would study the program's quality, costs, and patients, and post a report online within 1 year after the program ends.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-05-20	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-05-20	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-05-20		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-05-20		Introduced in House	introduce

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