S 1282 · in committee · significant
Rural Development Hospital Technical Assistance Program Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- USDA creates a technical assistance program to help rural hospitals with fewer than 50,000 residents improve operations and services.
- Rural hospital facilities benefit from training on financial management, telehealth expansion, and health IT systems upgrades.
- USDA delivers assistance directly or through grants and contracts, prioritizing existing USDA loan and grant recipients.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should the program prioritize which rural hospitals receive technical assistance when funding is limited?
- 02
What specific financial or operational metrics would indicate whether rural hospitals improved because of this USDA program?
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Which rural hospitals currently lack access to telehealth and health IT training, and what barriers prevent them from obtaining it independently?
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Sponsor · R-SD
Mike Rounds
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Introduced 2025-04-03
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Legislative timeline
2025-04-03 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-04-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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