Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 21, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Dec 17, 2024
Ways & Means
Step 3
Committee
Step 4
House floor
Step 5
Senate
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
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.
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.