S 1130
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 16, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 16, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act
This bill revises provisions related to health care in rural areas, including by allowing certain small rural hospitals and critical access hospitals to be designated as rural emergency hospitals for purposes of receiving special payment under Medicare.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1