118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 1128Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit States to designate without any mileage limitations facilities that are located in rural areas as critical access hospitals.

Health
Introduced Feb 21, 2023
Last action Dec 17, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Feb 21, 2023
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Referred
Dec 17, 2024
Ways & Means
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 21, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 21, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.