3.0.0 5481 2022-10-28T01:46:16Z 2022-10-28T01:46:16Z House HR 2019-12-18 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 18, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KINZINGER:H.R. 5481.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8,Clause 18 of the Constitution.[Page H12210]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-12-18T14:02:25Z Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2019 116 3103 S 2019-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S7161) Identical bill CRS 2019-12-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-12-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-12-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000378 Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] Adam Kinzinger R IL 16 N L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2019-12-18 True P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] Jimmy Panetta D CA 20 2019-12-18 True D000619 Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] Rodney Davis R IL 13 2020-02-06 False A000378 Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] Cynthia Axne D IA 3 2020-02-06 False L000491 Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] FRANK LUCAS R OK D. 3 2020-02-11 False C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2020-02-28 False K000395 Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] Fred Keller R PA 12 2020-03-02 False W000798 Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] Tim Walberg R MI 7 2020-03-02 False B001301 Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] Jack Bergman R MI 1 2020-03-09 False C001119 Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] Angie Craig D MN 2 2020-03-09 False G000591 Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] Michael Guest R MS 3 2020-05-05 False M001194 Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4] John Moolenaar R MI R. 4 2020-05-15 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2020-06-11 False W000821 Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] Bruce Westerman R AR 4 2020-06-11 False S001185 Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] Terri Sewell D AL A. 7 2020-06-18 False H001053 Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] Vicky Hartzler R MO 4 2020-06-26 False A000055 Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4] ROBERT ADERHOLT R AL B. 4 2020-06-26 False B001306 Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] Troy Balderson R OH 12 2020-07-23 False B001286 Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] Cheri Bustos D IL 17 2020-08-07 False C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] Matt Cartwright D PA 8 2020-08-21 False C001108 Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] James Comer R KY 1 2020-09-01 False F000467 Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1] Abby Finkenauer D IA 1 2020-09-23 False C001124 Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] TJ Cox D CA 21 2020-09-23 False Health Administrative remedies Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development State and local government operations Health 00 2019-12-18 Introduced in House 2020-12-11T20:15:11Z Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2019

This bill allows additional hospitals to qualify as critical access hospitals (CAHs) that receive special payment under Medicare.

Currently, in order to qualify as a CAH under Medicare, a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (or 15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area.

The bill allows a hospital to also qualify if the hospital is a small, rural hospital that (1) serves a health professional shortage area, or a high number of low-income individuals or Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries; (2) has experienced financial losses for two consecutive years; and (3) attests to having a strategic plan to address financial solvency.

]]> Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2019 Display Title Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive for certain facilities the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the Medicare program. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr5481ih/xml/BILLS-116hr5481ih.xml 2019-12-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.