119th Congress Health
H.R. 771: Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025
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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.
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
- Ronny Jackson R-TXOriginal
- Mary Miller R-ILOriginal
- Glenn Thompson R-PAOriginal
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mark Green SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Mark Green.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.