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Rural Health Care Access Act of 2022

USA117th CongressHR-9257| House 
| Updated: 10/31/2022
Mark E. Green

Mark E. Green

Republican Representative

Tennessee

Ways and Means Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2022 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.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-2990
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019
Oct 31, 2022
Introduced in House
Oct 31, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-2990
    Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019


  • October 31, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • October 31, 2022
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Health

Rural Health Care Access Act of 2022

USA117th CongressHR-9257| House 
| Updated: 10/31/2022
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2022 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.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-2990
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019
Oct 31, 2022
Introduced in House
Oct 31, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-2990
    Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019


  • October 31, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • October 31, 2022
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mark E. Green

Mark E. Green

Republican Representative

Tennessee

Ways and Means Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted