Rural Hospital Support Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 30, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedJan 30, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 68 words.
Rural Hospital Support Act This bill modifies and extends certain payment adjustments for rural hospitals under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system. Specifically, the bill indexes payment adjustments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals to FY2016 operating costs, if it results in higher payments for such hospitals. The bill also makes payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire on March 31, 2025).
Context
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 19 of 426 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 1,040 words
- Subjects
- Health care coverage and accessHealth facilities and institutionsHospital careMedicareRural conditions and development
- Latest action
- Jan 30, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]