Restoring Rural Health Act

This bill changes the Social Security Act rules for which rural hospitals can be designated as critical access hospitals under Medicare. It adds a new category of eligible facilities: hospitals that were designated as critical access hospitals as of January 1, 2024, and that receive notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services between December 1, 2024, and January 1, 2027, that they do not meet the federal distance requirement. These facilities would be allowed to qualify for critical access hospital status despite the distance finding.

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Sponsors

• Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors