Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- H.R. 1191
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Health
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-02-11: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-05T22:03:46Z
Official Summary
Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025
This bill temporarily allows additional hospitals to qualify as critical access hospitals (CAHs) that receive special payment under Medicare.
Currently, in order to qualify as a CAH under Medicare, a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (or 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. Hospitals also must meet certain size and service requirements, including having no more than 25 acute care inpatient beds.
The bill allows, for one year, hospitals that are participating in the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program to also qualify as CAHs. (The program tests the feasibility of cost-based reimbursement for small rural hospitals that are too large to qualify as CAHs.)
Sponsor
Cosponsors (1)
Recent Actions
- 2025-02-11: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- 2025-02-11: Introduced in House
- 2025-02-11: Introduced in House
Bill Versions
- Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025 — issued 2025-02-11 — PDF (3 pages)