[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8294 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8294

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver 
   of certain criteria with respect to the designation of a critical 
                            access hospital.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2024

Mr. Van Orden 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 provide for a waiver 
   of certain criteria with respect to the designation of a critical 
                            access hospital.

    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 Healthcare Revitalization Act 
of 2024''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF CERTAIN CRITERIA WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGNATION OF A 
              CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL.

    Section 1820(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-
4(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``A State may designate'' and inserting 
        ``Subject to subparagraph (F), a State may designate''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Waiver of certain criteria with respect to 
                the designation of a critical access hospital.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), 
                        in the case of a metropolitan statistical area 
                        in which a CMS-accredited facility (as 
                        described in section 103.30(f)(2) of title 29, 
                        Code of Federal Regulations) with 300 beds or 
                        fewer has terminated operations, the State in 
                        which metropolitan statistical area is located 
                        may waive the requirements described in 
                        subparagraph (B)(i) with respect to a 
                        subsequent facility located in such 
                        metropolitan statistical area for purposes of 
                        designating such facility as a critical access 
                        hospital.
                            ``(ii) Requirements described.--For 
                        purposes of clause (i), a subsequent facility 
                        shall--
                                    ``(I) provide not more than 10 
                                beds;
                                    ``(II) meet the requirements 
                                described in clauses (ii) through (v) 
                                of subparagraph (B); and
                                    ``(III) meet the requirements 
                                described in section 340B(a)(4)(L)(i) 
                                of the Public Health Service Act.''.
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