H.R. 1775 · 119th Congress
Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act
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Miller2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill allows additional hospitals to qualify as rural emergency hospitals (REHs) under Medicare.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 3, 2025
Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act
This bill allows additional hospitals to qualify as rural emergency hospitals (REHs) under Medicare.
In 2020, Congress established REHs as a new Medicare provider designation for hospitals in rural areas providing emergency department services, observation care, and other outpatient medical and health services for which the annual per patient average length of stay does not exceed 24 hours. These hospitals must have been open as of December 27, 2020, in order to qualify for the new REH designation.
The bill allows hospitals that were open between January 1, 2014, and December 26, 2020, to also qualify for the REH designation, and it provides for a specific payment structure for these hospitals. The bill's changes take effect beginning in 2027.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act
Latest action (Mar 3, 2025): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 3, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.