H.R. 538 · 119th Congress
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025
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This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 16, 2025
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025
This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Under current law, as a condition for Medicare payment for such services, a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025
Latest action (Jan 16, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 16, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.