H.R. 4859 · 117th Congress
PAATCH Act
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WaltzSponsor5 cosponsors · 2 D, 3 R
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Patient Accessibility and Access To Community Healthcare Act or the PAATCH Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 29, 2021
Patient Accessibility and Access To Community Healthcare Act or the PAATCH Act
This bill allows a hospital that was designated as a sole community hospital on or before March 13, 2020, to retain this status for a 10-year period beginning on the date of the bill's enactment.
Sole community hospitals are rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area. Such hospitals receive specialized treatment with respect to Medicare payment, the 340B drug discount program, and other health care programs.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: PAATCH Act
Also known as: Patient Accessibility and Access To Community Healthcare Act
Latest action (Jul 29, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 29, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.