Critical Access Hospital Expansion Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6693
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2020-05-01
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding

Hospital care

Medicare

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Critical Access Hospital Expansion Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill allows states to certify additional hospitals as necessary providers of services that may qualify as critical access hospitals (CAHs) under Medicare. Currently, a hospital must have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, in order to qualify as a CAH and accordingly receive special payment under Medicare. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6693 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2020 Mr. Thompson of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow States to certify certain hospitals as necessary providers for purposes of designating such hospitals as critical access hospitals under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Access Hospital Expansion Act of 2020 . 2. Allowing States to certify certain hospitals as necessary providers for purposes of designating such hospitals as critical access hospitals under the Medicare program Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)(i)(II) ) is amended by inserting or on or after the date of the enactment of the Critical Access Hospital Expansion Act of 2020 , after 2006, .