3.0.0 644 2023-01-11T13:47:46Z 2023-01-11T13:47:46Z Senate S 2021-03-09 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-09T23:25:52Z Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021 117 1639 HR 2021-03-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-03-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1426) IntroReferral 2021-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2021-03-09 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-03-10 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2021-03-10 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2021-03-10 False H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2021-03-10 False K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2021-03-10 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2021-03-24 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2021-03-24 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2021-10-25 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2022-04-27 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 00 2021-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-20T20:52:06Z 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 Display Title Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s644is/xml/BILLS-117s644is.xml 2021-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1426) 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.