119th Congress Health
H.R. 1775: Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act
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Summary
This bill allows additional hospitals to qualify as rural emergency hospitals (REHs) under Medicare.
In 2020, Congress established REHs as a new Medicare provider designation for hospitals in rural areas providing emergency department services, observation care, and other outpatient medical and health services for which the annual per patient average length of stay does not exceed 24 hours. These hospitals must have been open as of December 27, 2020, in order to qualify for the new REH designation.
The bill allows hospitals that were open between January 1, 2014, and December 26, 2020, to also qualify for the REH designation, and it provides for a specific payment structure for these hospitals. The bill's changes take effect beginning in 2027.
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
- August Pfluger R-TXOriginal
- Jill Tokuda D-HIOriginal
- Bennie Thompson D-MS
- Ron Estes R-KS
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Melanie Stansbury D-NM
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Nathaniel Moran R-TX
- Carol Miller R-WV
Who scored on this bill
- 1Jodey Arrington SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Jodey Arrington.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.