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        <fullName>Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to criteria for designation of a critical access hospital under the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program, to reduce from 35 to 30 driving miles the distance such a facility must be from a hospital or another such facility.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the 35-mile drive requirement for designations of critical access hospitals to 30 miles.</title>
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