Bill Detail
H.R. 771
Congress: 119
Title
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025
Summary
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025 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.
Sponsor
Rep. Mark Green [R-TN-7]
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Introduced
2025-01-28
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Bill Engagement
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025 This bill eliminates certain criteria that hospitals must meet in order to qualify as critical access hospitals that receive special payment…
Lobbyists on the case
- American Hospital Association2 filings · 30 lobs
- Lisa (Kidder) Hrobsky2025 Q2
- Megan Cundari2025 Q2
- Terrence Cunningham2025 Q2
- Akinluwa Demehin2025 Q2
- Benjamin Finder2025 Q2
- Jocelyn Francis2025 Q2
- Devin Gerzof2025 Q2
- Caitlin Gillooley2025 Q2