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H.R. 1775 119th Congress House

Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the criteria for designation of rural emergency hospitals.

Introduced: March 3, 2025 Introduced by: Jodey C. Arrington Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

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Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act

This bill allows additional hospitals to qualify as rural emergency hospitals (REHs) under Medicare.

In 2020, Congress established REHs as a new Medicare provider designation for hospitals in rural areas providing emergency department services, observation care, and other outpatient medical and health services for which the annual per patient average length of stay does not exceed 24 hours. These hospitals must have been open as of December 27, 2020, in order to qualify for the new REH designation. 

The bill allows hospitals that were open between January 1, 2014, and December 26, 2020, to also qualify for the REH designation, and it provides for a specific payment structure for these hospitals. The bill's changes take effect beginning in 2027.

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 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 3 Republican 6
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Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Mar 16, 2026
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Moran, Nathaniel
Texas · Dec 16, 2025
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 10, 2025
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Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · May 6, 2025
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Estes, Ron
Kansas · Mar 14, 2025
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Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Mar 14, 2025
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 6, 2025
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Pfluger, August
Texas · Mar 3, 2025
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Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Mar 3, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1775: Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1775/
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"H.R. 1775: Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1775/.
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H.R. 1775, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1775/.
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