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Equal Treatment of the District of Columbia Under the Rural Health Transformation Program Act of 2025
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend eligibility for allotments under the Rural Health Transformation Program to the District of Columbia.
Summary
This bill extends eligibility for allotments under the Rural Health Transformation Program to the District of Columbia, which was previously limited to the 50 states. The amendment allows Washington D.C. to participate in the same rural health transformation funding and programs available to states. The effective date is retroactive to the date of enactment of the 2025 reconciliation act.
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- Aug 19, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Aug 19, 2025 Introduced in House
- Aug 19, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E777)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 19, 2025
Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend eligibility for allotments under the Rural Health Transformation Program to the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Equal Treatment of the District of Columbia Under the Rural Health Transformation Program Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXTENDING RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) In General.—Section 2105(h)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(h)(2)(D)) is amended by inserting “and the District of Columbia” after “the 50 States” each place it appears.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply as if enacted on the date of the enactment of the Act titled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14” (Public Law 119-21). <all>
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