118th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 4713: Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program Act
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Summary
This bill provides statutory authority for the Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program within the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Under the bill, USDA must establish and maintain (directly or by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement) a program to help eligible hospital facilities in rural areas with a population of 50,000 inhabitants or less.
The program must provide tailored technical assistance and training to hospital facilities to identify development needs for maintaining essential health care services and support action plans for financial, operational, and quality improvement projects to meet these needs. Development needs include (1) constructing, expanding, and modernizing health care facilities; (2) increasing telehealth capabilities; and (3) acquiring or upgrading health care information systems (e.g., electronic health records).
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The program must also provide technical assistance and training to help hospital facilities to better manage their financial and business strategies and identify, and apply for assistance from, USDA loan and grant programs.
In selecting eligible hospital facilities to participate in the program, USDA must give priority to borrowers and grantees of certain USDA rural assistance programs.
USDA must also submit an annual report to Congress on the progress and results of the program.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jodey Arrington R-TXOriginal
- Lauren Boebert R-COOriginal
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski D-ILOriginal
- Jerry Carl R-ALOriginal
- Donald Davis D-NCOriginal
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-WAOriginal
- Valerie Hoyle D-OROriginal
- Derek Kilmer D-WAOriginal
- Ann Kuster D-NHOriginal
- Rick Larsen D-WAOriginal
- Doug LaMalfa R-CAOriginal
- Tracey Mann R-KSOriginal
- Carol Miller R-WVOriginal
- August Pfluger R-TXOriginal
- Brittany Pettersen D-COOriginal
- Pete Sessions R-TXOriginal
- Adam Schiff D-CAOriginal
- Terri Sewell D-ALOriginal
- Kim Schrier D-WAOriginal
- David Trone D-MDOriginal
- Jill Tokuda D-HIOriginal
- Susan Wild D-PAOriginal
- Ryan Zinke R-MTOriginal
- John Duarte R-CA
- Raúl Grijalva D-AZ
- Lauren Underwood D-IL
- Mónica De La Cruz R-TX
- W. Steube R-FL
- Brian Babin R-TX
- Joe Courtney D-CT
- Nicholas Langworthy R-NY
- Jared Golden D-ME
- Jennifer Kiggans R-VA
- Bruce Westerman R-AR
- A. Ferguson R-GA
- Troy Carter D-LA
- Dan Newhouse R-WA
- Chris Pappas D-NH
- James (Jim) Moylan R-GU
- Yadira Caraveo D-CO
- Jeffrey Jackson D-NC
- Joe Neguse D-CO
- Gregorio Sablan D-MP
- Austin Scott R-GA
- Sanford Bishop D-GA
- Sam Graves R-MO
- Melanie Stansbury D-NM
- Jason Crow D-CO
- Dean Phillips D-MN
Who scored on this bill
- 1Ronny Jackson SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Ronny Jackson.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.