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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8891

Rural MOMS Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-05-19Topic: health care

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This bill changes Medicare rules for critical access hospitals, which are small rural hospitals that must stay under a limit on the number of acute care inpatient beds. Under the bill, beds used only for labor and delivery would not count toward that bed limit. The change is made by amending the Social Security Act.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-05-19HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.refer
2026-05-19Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-05-19Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.