HR 771 ยท Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced
- Jan 28, 2025
- Latest action
- Jan 28, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Mark E. Green [R-TN-7]
- Policy area
- Health
- Cosponsors
- 4
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.
Recent actions
- Jan 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Jan 28, 2025 Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.