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To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35- mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to remove a geographic requirement from Medicare regulations. Currently, off-campus medical facilities must be located within 35 miles of a hospital to qualify for provider-based status under Medicare. The bill would eliminate this distance restriction, allowing off-campus facilities and organizations to become Medicare-eligible providers regardless of their location relative to a main hospital. The Secretary must make this regulatory change within 60 days of the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN)
Actions (2)
- Jan 28, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Jan 28, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2025
Mr. Green of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35- mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital.
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 cited as the “Rural ER Access Act”.
SEC. 2. REMOVING LOCATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM APPLICABLE TO OFF-CAMPUS FACILITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise section 413.65(e)(3)(i) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius of the campus of a hospital or critical access hospital that is the potential main provider to meet the location requirements to be eligible for provider-based status. <all>
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