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118th Congress Health

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

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 21, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
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Summary

Introduced in House, Feb 21, 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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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History

  1. Feb 21, 2023Introduced in the House by Mark Green.
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  1. Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 21, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Feb 21, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.