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1639
2023-01-11T13:48:25Z
2023-01-11T13:48:25Z
House
HR
2021-03-08
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 43 (Monday, March 8, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KINZINGER:H.R. 1639.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and ProperClause).[Page H1121]
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Energy and Commerce Committee
House
Standing
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Health Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2021-03-09T14:23:30Z
  - Referred to
2021-03-08T17:08:35Z
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Standing
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Health Subcommittee
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2021-03-08T16:07:44Z
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2021-03-08T17:08:30Z

- Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021
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644
S
2021-03-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1426)
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2021-03-09
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Health Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee
- 2021-03-08
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.
IntroReferral
H11100
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House floor actions
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Energy and Commerce Committee
- 2021-03-08
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.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hswm00
Ways and Means Committee
- 2021-03-08
  - hswm02
Health Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee
- 2021-03-08
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
- 2021-03-08
Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Adam
Kinzinger
R
IL
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Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Jimmy
Panetta
D
CA
20
2021-03-08
True
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Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Rodney
Davis
R
IL
13
2021-03-23
False
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Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
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LUCAS
R
OK
D.
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2021-03-23
False
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Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Tom
Cole
R
OK
4
2022-02-09
False
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Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
David
McKinley
R
WV
B.
1
2022-06-09
False
Health
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Medicare
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
Health
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2021-03-08
Introduced in House
2021-07-20T18:45:58Z
Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021
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.
In addition, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation must test a new delivery and payment model for rural hospitals that promotes financially sustainable access to care and must establish a corresponding transition process for CAHs.

Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021
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Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021
- 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, and for other purposes.
Introduced in House
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- Short Title(s) as Introduced

Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2021-03-08T05:00:00Z
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2021-03-09
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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