[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1128 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1128

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit States to 
 designate without any mileage limitations facilities that are located 
              in rural areas as critical access hospitals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2023

    Mr. Green of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit States to 
 designate without any mileage limitations facilities that are located 
              in rural areas as critical access hospitals.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Health Care Access Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE RURAL HOSPITAL FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1820 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i-4) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``, and that--'' and inserting a 
                semicolon; and
                    (B) by striking subclauses (I) and (II); and
            (2) in subsection (h)(3), by inserting ``made before the 
        date of the enactment of the Rural Health Care Access Act of 
        2023'' after ``any redesignation''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall 
apply with respect to any designation or redesignation made on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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