H.R. 5003 — Equal Treatment of the District of Columbia Under the Rural Health Transformation Program Act of 2025

This section extends eligibility for performance bonus payments under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Rural Health Transformation Program to the District of Columbia (from the 50 states). (The program provides bonus payments to states for implementing plans to improve health care delivery and outcomes for children in rural areas under Medicaid and CHIP.) The amendment applies retroactively as if enacted on the date of P.L. 119-21.