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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="772" measure-id="id119hr772" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-01-28" update-date="2025-05-06">
        <title>Rural ER Access Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr772v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-05-06">
            <action-date>2025-01-28</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Rural ER Access Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to repeal regulations that require off-campus facilities to be located within 35 miles of the main hospital or critical access hospital in order to receive provider-based status under Medicare (i.e., to be considered as hospital outpatient departments for purposes of Medicare payment).</p>]]></summary-text>
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