HR 1041
116th 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 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 7, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2019
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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