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To provide for the treatment of certain critical access hospitals.
Summary
The bill amends Medicare regulations to provide relief for certain critical access hospitals that are found to be noncompliant with distance requirements. It allows hospitals that were designated as critical access hospitals as of January 1, 2024, to maintain that status even if they receive notice of noncompliance with distance requirements between December 1, 2024, and January 1, 2027. This provision creates a temporary window during which rural hospitals can receive notice of noncompliance without losing their critical access hospital designation.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
Actions (2)
- Oct 23, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Oct 23, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 23, 2025
Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To provide for the treatment of certain critical access hospitals.
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 “Restoring Rural Health Act”.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS.
Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-4(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended—
(1) in subclause (I), by striking “or” after the semicolon;
(2) in subclause (II), by inserting “or” after the semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
“(III) is a facility that— “(aa) as of January 1, 2024, was designated as a critical access hospital; and “(bb) receives notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the period beginning on December 1, 2024, and ending on January 1, 2027, that the facility was found to be noncompliant with the distance requirement under section 485.610(c) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation);”. <all>
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