SOLES Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 12, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
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Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 36 words.
Save our Lone Emergency Services Act or the SOLES Act This bill requires Medicare payments to sole community hospitals in Alaska or Hawaii to cover at least 94% of the reasonable costs of covered outpatient services.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 15 of 269 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 247 words
- Subjects
- AlaskaHawaiiHealth care costs and insuranceHome and outpatient careMedicare
- Latest action
- Feb 12, 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 · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 4250 SOLES Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]