HR 5754
116th Congress
House
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Rural ER Access Act
Introduced: February 4, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 4, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 4, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural ER Access Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to repeal regulations that require off-campus facilities to be located within 35 miles of the main hospital or critical access hospital in order to receive provider-based status under Medicare (i.e., to be considered as hospital outpatient departments for purposes of Medicare payment).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1