Rural Health Care Facilities Revitalization Act

This bill would let rural health care facilities, such as hospitals, behavioral health facilities, clinics (including mobile clinics), home health agencies, and long-term care facilities, use certain U.S. Department of Agriculture community facility and business loan assistance to refinance debt, update telehealth, equipment, or online databases, and pay for operating expenses and reserve funds. A facility could use the assistance this way only if it would help preserve access to health services in a rural community, meaningfully improve the facility's finances, and meet existing financial feasibility and security requirements. The Secretary could waive a certain loan eligibility requirement for facilities that are insolvent or located in persistent poverty, socially vulnerable, or distressed areas. A rural area is defined as one with 50,000 or fewer people that is not an urbanized area next to a larger city. The changes would take effect 6 months after the bill becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Andrea Salinas Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors