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H.R. 1924 119th Congress House

Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a new criterion for the nonapplication of site-neutral payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program.

Introduced: March 6, 2025 Introduced by: Kevin Hern Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 6, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025

This bill exempts discharges from long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) from the Medicare site-neutral payment rate if the discharge meets specified high acuity criteria and occurs on or after October 1, 2026.  (The site-neutral rate is the lower of Medicare’s acute care hospital payment rate under the inpatient prospective payment system or 100% of the cost of the stay. LTCH stays that do not qualify for the specialized LTCH payment rate under Medicare are instead paid at the site-neutral rate.)

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All 9 Democratic 2 Republican 7
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Comer, James
Kentucky · Sep 14, 2026
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Moran, Nathaniel
Texas · Apr 13, 2026
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Carey, Mike
Ohio · Jun 4, 2025
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Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Apr 9, 2025
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Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Mar 6, 2025
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Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Mar 6, 2025
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Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Mar 6, 2025
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Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Mar 6, 2025
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Tenney, Claudia
New York · Mar 6, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1924: Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1924/
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"H.R. 1924: Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1924/.
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H.R. 1924, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1924/.
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