3.0.0 1775 2026-03-17T08:05:48Z 2026-03-17T08:05:48Z House H HR 2025-03-03 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1775 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 40 (Monday, March 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ARRINGTON:H.R. 1775.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H945]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-03-03T17:05:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-03-03T17:05:25Z 2025-03-03 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 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-03-03 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 2025-03-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-03-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000375 Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] Jodey Arrington R TX C. 19 N T000487 Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] Jill Tokuda D HI N. 2 2025-03-03 True P000048 Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] August Pfluger R TX 11 2025-03-03 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] Bennie Thompson D MS G. 2 2025-03-06 False S001172 Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] Adrian Smith R NE 3 2025-03-14 False E000298 Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] Ron Estes R KS 4 2025-03-14 False S001218 Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] Melanie Stansbury D NM A. 1 2025-05-06 False S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] Pete Sessions R TX 17 2025-07-10 False M001224 Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] Nathaniel Moran R TX 1 2025-12-16 False M001205 Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] Carol Miller R WV D. 1 2026-03-16 False Health Health 2025-03-19T13:21:31Z 00 2025-03-03 Introduced in House 2026-02-13T20:57:33Z Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act

This bill allows additional hospitals to qualify as rural emergency hospitals (REHs) under Medicare.

In 2020, Congress established REHs as a new Medicare provider designation for hospitals in rural areas providing emergency department services, observation care, and other outpatient medical and health services for which the annual per patient average length of stay does not exceed 24 hours. These hospitals must have been open as of December 27, 2020, in order to qualify for the new REH designation. 

The bill allows hospitals that were open between January 1, 2014, and December 26, 2020, to also qualify for the REH designation, and it provides for a specific payment structure for these hospitals. The bill's changes take effect beginning in 2027.

]]> Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act Display Title 45 Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act 2025-03-19T03:08:20Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act 2025-03-19T03:08:19Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the criteria for designation of rural emergency hospitals. 2025-03-19T03:03:22Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1775ih/xml/BILLS-119hr1775ih.xml 2025-03-03 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. 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.