Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 12/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-02-21Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- 2023-02-21Introduced in House
- 2023-02-21Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-02-21 (00)
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023
This bill eliminates certain criteria that hospitals must meet in order to qualify as critical access hospitals that receive special payment under Medicare.
Specifically, the bill eliminates the requirement that a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area.
Cosponsors (4)
- Mary Miller (R-IL)
- Ronny Jackson (R-TX)
- Brian Babin (R-TX)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Subjects
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Hospital care
- Medicare
- State and local government operations
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
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