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Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-521| Senate 
| Updated: 2/11/2025
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Republican Senator

Nebraska

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill, titled the "Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025," aims to ease the designation process for certain rural community hospitals seeking Critical Access Hospital (CAH) status. It amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive the standard distance requirements typically needed for CAH designation. Specifically, the waiver applies to rural community hospitals that were participating in a demonstration program established under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 as of the bill's enactment. This special provision for waiving distance requirements will be available for a one-year period , commencing six months after the bill becomes law, thereby expanding access to CAH status for eligible facilities.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-5189
Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2024
Feb 11, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1191
Introduced in House
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 11, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-5189
    Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2024


  • February 11, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1191
    Introduced in House


  • February 11, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 11, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 119-1191: Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025
Health care coverage and accessHospital careMedicareRural conditions and development

Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-521| Senate 
| Updated: 2/11/2025
This bill, titled the "Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025," aims to ease the designation process for certain rural community hospitals seeking Critical Access Hospital (CAH) status. It amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive the standard distance requirements typically needed for CAH designation. Specifically, the waiver applies to rural community hospitals that were participating in a demonstration program established under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 as of the bill's enactment. This special provision for waiving distance requirements will be available for a one-year period , commencing six months after the bill becomes law, thereby expanding access to CAH status for eligible facilities.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-5189
Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2024
Feb 11, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1191
Introduced in House
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 11, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-5189
    Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2024


  • February 11, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1191
    Introduced in House


  • February 11, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 11, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Republican Senator

Nebraska

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 119-1191: Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Health care coverage and accessHospital careMedicareRural conditions and development