Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Latest action
- Nov 20, 2025
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What it does
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 only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area. The bill allows a hospital to also qualify if the hospital is a small, rural hospital that (1) serves a health professional shortage area, or a high number of low-income individuals or…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Nov 20, 2025
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What moved
Who is involved
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]Lead sponsor
- Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]Co-sponsor
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]Co-sponsor
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]Co-sponsor
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