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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 771 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit States to designate |
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| 6 | 6 | | without any mileage limitations facilities that are located in rural areas |
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| 7 | 7 | | as critical access hospitals. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | REENof Tennessee (for himself, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | J |
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| 13 | 13 | | ACKSONof Texas, and Mrs. MILLERof Illinois) introduced the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit |
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| 17 | 17 | | States to designate without any mileage limitations facili- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ties that are located in rural areas as critical access |
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| 19 | 19 | | hospitals. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Health Care 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Access Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 771 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. MEDICARE RURAL HOSPITAL FLEXIBILITY PRO-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | GRAM. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Section 1820 of the Social Secu-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4) is amended— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(i)— 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) by striking ‘‘, and that—’’ and insert-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ing a semicolon; and 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) by striking subclauses (I) and (II); 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) in subsection (h)(3), by inserting ‘‘made be-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | fore the date of the enactment of the Rural Health 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Care Access Act of 2025’’ after ‘‘any redesignation’’. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) E |
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| 42 | 42 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsection (a)(1) shall apply with respect to any designa-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tion or redesignation made on or after the date of the en-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | actment of this Act. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Æ |
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