Rural ER Access Act

Bill: 119-hr-772
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-28
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Health facilities and institutions

Hospital care

Medicare

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Rural ER Access Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to repeal regulations that require off-campus facilities to be located within 35 miles of the main hospital or critical access hospital in order to receive provider-based status under Medicare (i.e., to be considered as hospital outpatient departments for purposes of Medicare payment).</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 772 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2025 Mr. Green of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital.

1. Short title This Act may cited as the Rural ER Access Act . 2. Removing location requirements under the Medicare program applicable to off-campus facilities or organizations Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise section 413.65(e)(3)(i) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius of the campus of a hospital or critical access hospital that is the potential main provider to meet the location requirements to be eligible for provider-based status.