HR 1775 · in committee · significant
Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill expands Medicare's rural emergency hospital designation to include hospitals that operated between 2014 and 2020.
- Rural hospitals that closed temporarily or reopened during that period become eligible for the new provider classification.
- The payment structure takes effect in 2027, allowing these hospitals to receive Medicare reimbursement as rural emergency hospitals.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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Which rural hospitals that closed between 2014 and 2020 would benefit most from this rural emergency hospital designation and Medicare reimbursement?
- 02
What evidence suggests that this payment structure starting in 2027 will prevent future rural hospital closures in your region?
- 03
How might expanding the rural emergency hospital classification affect Medicare funding allocation compared to other rural healthcare needs?
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Sponsor · R-TX-19
Jodey C. Arrington
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
9/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-03
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Legislative timeline
2025-03-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2025-03-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2025-03-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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