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HR 1128 118th Congress House Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Hospital care Medicare State and local government operations Urban and suburban affairs and development

Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023

Introduced: August 1, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 21, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 21, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023

This bill eliminates certain criteria that hospitals must meet in order to qualify as critical access hospitals that receive special payment under Medicare.

Specifically, the bill eliminates the requirement that a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area.

What's happening now December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Nov 29, 2023
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Babin, Brian
Texas · Aug 1, 2023
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Jackson, Ronny
Texas · Jul 25, 2023
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Miller, Mary E.
Illinois · Jul 20, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1128: Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1128/
MLA
"H.R. 1128: Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1128/.
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H.R. 1128, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1128/.
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[H.R. 1128: Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1128/)
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