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HR 3212 112th Congress House

CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act of 2011

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive for certain facilities the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the Medicare program.

Introduced: October 14, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Health facilities and institutionsHospital careMedicareRural conditions and development
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Oct 19, 2011
Referred for a period ending not later than October 19, 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Health, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee concerned.
Oct 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 14, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 19, 2011

Referred for a period ending not later than October 19, 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Health, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program and the "35-mile requirement" for designation of a critical access hospital (CAH) that a facility be located in a rural area more than 35 miles (or 15 miles in mountainous terrain or where only secondary roads are available) from another CAH.

(A CAH is a hospital certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare.)

Prohibits a state from designating a facility as a CAH unless: (1) it was assigned a Medicare provider number as an acute inpatient hospital before enactment of this Act, and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines that such designation would not result in the total number of facilities so designated in all states on or after enactment of this Act being greater than 10% of the total number of acute inpatient hospitals designated as CAHs in all states as of March 31, 2011.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3212: CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3212/
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"H.R. 3212: CAH Designation Waiver Authority Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3212/.
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H.R. 3212, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3212/.
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