3.0.0 1282 2026-02-10T12:03:17Z 2026-02-10T12:03:17Z Senate S S 2025-04-03 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1282 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-04-03T17:30:57Z Referred To 2025-04-03T17:30:57Z 2025-04-03 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2025-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2025-04-03 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM 2025-12-03 False B001319 Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] Katie Britt R AL 2025-12-03 False S001150 Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] Adam Schiff D CA B. 2025-12-04 False H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2026-02-09 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-05-06T20:17:00Z

00 2025-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2025-09-26T18:13:27Z <p><strong>Rural Development&nbsp;Hospital Technical Assistance Program Act&nbsp;of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill provides statutory authority for the Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program within the Department of Agriculture (USDA).</p><p>Under the bill, USDA must establish and maintain (directly or by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement) a program&nbsp;to help eligible hospital facilities in rural areas (i.e., an area with a population of 50,000 inhabitants or less).</p><p>The program must provide tailored technical assistance and training to hospital facilities to identify development needs for maintaining essential health care services and support action plans for financial, operational, and quality improvement projects to meet these needs. Development needs include (1) constructing, expanding, and modernizing health care facilities; (2) increasing telehealth capabilities; and (3) acquiring or upgrading health care information systems (e.g., electronic health records).</p><p>The program must also provide technical assistance and training to help hospital facilities to&nbsp;better manage their financial and business strategies and identify, and apply for assistance from, USDA loan and grant programs.</p><p>In selecting eligible hospital facilities to participate in the program, USDA must give priority to borrowers of loans and recipients of grants from certain USDA rural assistance programs.</p><p>USDA must also submit an annual report to Congress on the progress and results of the program.</p>

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