Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise Medicare regulations within 60 days of its enactment. Its primary purpose is to eliminate a specific geographic requirement for off-campus facilities and organizations seeking provider-based status under the Medicare program. The legislation removes the rule mandating that these facilities be located within a 35-mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital campus. This change is intended to broaden eligibility for provider-based status, potentially enhancing healthcare access, especially in rural communities.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Health
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth facilities and institutionsHospital careMedicareRural conditions and development
Rural ER Access Act
USA119th CongressHR-772| House
| Updated: 1/28/2025
This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise Medicare regulations within 60 days of its enactment. Its primary purpose is to eliminate a specific geographic requirement for off-campus facilities and organizations seeking provider-based status under the Medicare program. The legislation removes the rule mandating that these facilities be located within a 35-mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital campus. This change is intended to broaden eligibility for provider-based status, potentially enhancing healthcare access, especially in rural communities.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth facilities and institutionsHospital careMedicareRural conditions and development