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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 772 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations |
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| 6 | 6 | | to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off- |
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| 7 | 7 | | campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius |
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| 8 | 8 | | of a hospital or critical access hospital. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. G |
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| 12 | 12 | | REENof Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- |
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| 14 | 14 | | mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined |
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| 15 | 15 | | by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall |
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| 16 | 16 | | within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to |
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| 19 | 19 | | revise regulations to remove the requirement under the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organi- |
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| 21 | 21 | | zation shall be located within a 35-mile radius of a |
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| 22 | 22 | | hospital or critical access hospital. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may cited as the ‘‘Rural ER Access Act’’. 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 772 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. REMOVING LOCATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | MEDICARE PROGRAM APPLICABLE TO OFF- 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | CAMPUS FACILITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Services shall revise section 413.65(e)(3)(i) of title 42, 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | to remove the requirement under the Medicare program 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | within a 35-mile radius of the campus of a hospital or 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | critical access hospital that is the potential main provider 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to meet the location requirements to be eligible for pro-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | vider-based status. 13 |
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