H.R. 7727 119th Congress House

Sustaining Rural Healthcare Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued designation of certain critical access hospitals under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 26, 2026 Introduced by: Mark Alford Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Feb 26, 2026

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
for AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS INC (AHIP) · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
3 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
3 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3 filings
SENATE
3 filings
White House Office
3 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
2 filings
Education, Dept of
1 filing
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 3

Cuellar, Henry

Texas · Feb 26, 2026

Thompson, Glenn

Pennsylvania · Feb 26, 2026

Tokuda, Jill N.

Hawaii · Feb 26, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7727: Sustaining Rural Healthcare Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7727/

MLA

"H.R. 7727: Sustaining Rural Healthcare Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7727/.

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H.R. 7727, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7727/.

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