To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Office of Rural Health, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 403 2026-01-14T16:35:57Z 2026-01-14T16:35:57Z Senate S S 2025-02-05 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/403 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-05T16:15:55Z To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Office of Rural Health, and for other purposes. 119 3102 HR 2025-04-30 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2025-02-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2025-02-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2025-02-05 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2025-03-13 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2025-07-15 False Health Health 2026-01-14T16:35:56Z

00 2025-02-05 Introduced in Senate 2025-04-17T20:17:19Z Rural Health Focus ActThis bill provides statutory authority for the Office of Rural Health (ORH) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC established the ORH in 2023 in response to a congressional directive, and it currently leads the CDC’s rural public health strategy.Specifically, the bill requires the CDC to establish the ORH and select a director to head the ORH. The bill specifies the duties and authorities of the ORH director, including improving understanding of particular challenges and implementing programs to improve health care for rural populations.

Rural Health Focus Act Display Title 45 Rural Health Focus Act 2025-07-16T11:03:19Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Rural Health Focus Act 2025-03-12T02:38:20Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Office of Rural Health, and for other purposes. 2025-03-12T02:34:53Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-02-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s403is/xml/BILLS-119s403is.xml 2025-02-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.