Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025

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Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025 This bill temporarily allows additional hospitals to qualify as critical access hospitals (CAHs) that receive special payment under Medicare. Currently, in order to qualify as a CAH under Medicare, a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (or 15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with...

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Bill Progress

Bill has been introduced and assigned a number

Introduced(2/10/25)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. Durbin

Senate (D) Illinois

Cosponsors (6)

Hyde-Smith

Senate (R) Mississippi

Smith

Senate (D) Minnesota

Lankford

Senate (R) Oklahoma

Capito

Senate (R) West Virginia

Wicker

Senate (R) Mississippi

Luján

Senate (D) New Mexico

Topics

Health

Government Spending & Operations

Environment & Public Lands

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S820-821)

Feb 10, 2025

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