Skip to main content
S. 999 117th Congress Senate

Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to amend the title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to rural health care by ensuring fairness in Medicare hospital payments.

Introduced: March 25, 2021 Introduced by: Mark R. Warner Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
Health Health care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careMedicare
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
Rural conditions and developmentWages and earnings
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Latest action March 25, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021

This bill establishes an area wage adjustment floor for Medicare hospital payments in states that are not frontier states and excludes such adjustments from certain budget neutrality rules.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4066 Identical bill Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021
  • S 352 Health Care Improvement Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 5
R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Sep 29, 2022
 R
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Sep 22, 2022
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Dec 16, 2021
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 25, 2021
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Mar 25, 2021
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 999: Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-999/
MLA
"S. 999: Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-999/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 999, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-999/.
Markdown link
[S. 999: Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-999/)
Report a problem