Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization has not moved since its introduction on May 21, 2026, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedMay 21, 2026
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Passed one chamber—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 74 words.
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization This bill extends the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program for an additional five years. The program tests the feasibility of cost-based reimbursement under Medicare for small rural hospitals that are too large to qualify for special payment as critical access hospitals. The bill specifies that hospitals that participate in the program between December 30, 2024, and January 1, 2027, may continue to participate during the five-year extension period.
Context
- Committees
- House Ways and Means Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 98 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 337 words
- Latest action
- May 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 4460 Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization R · Passed one chamber
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]