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HR 5507 115th Congress House Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Hospital care Medicare Rural conditions and development

Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018

Introduced: May 25, 2018 Introduced by: Smith, Adrian Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 13, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 13, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018

This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Under current law, as a condition for Medicare payment for such services, a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.

What's happening now April 19, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2957 Related bill Save Rural Hospitals Act
  • S 3768 Identical bill Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 1 Republican 4
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 2, 2018
Hurd, Will
· Sep 17, 2018
Jenkins, Evan
· Jul 18, 2018
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Jun 22, 2018
Rokita, Todd
· Jun 7, 2018
Shuster, Bill
· Jun 7, 2018
Jenkins, Lynn
· May 25, 2018
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· May 25, 2018
Black, Diane
· Apr 24, 2018
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Apr 24, 2018
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Apr 24, 2018
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Apr 24, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5507: Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5507/
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