H.R. 1191

Summary

H.R. 1191, the Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 11, 2025 by Rep. Mike Flood (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Feb 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Text

H.R. 1191 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 1191 IH: Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-11
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1191  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 11, 2025   Mr. Flood  (for himself and  Mr. Smith of Nebraska ) 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 waive certain distance requirements for certain hospitals electing to be designated as critical access hospitals.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025  .
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Waiving certain distance requirements for certain hospitals electing to be designated as critical access hospitals
(a)
In general
Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)(i) ) is amended—
(1)
in subclause (I), by striking  or  at the end;
(2)
in subclause (II), by adding  or  at the end; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new subclause:
(III)
with respect to designations occurring during the 1-year period beginning on the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this subclause, is a rural community hospital (as defined in subsection (f) of section 410A of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) that was participating in the demonstration program established under such section as of such date of enactment.
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(b)
Conforming amendments
Section 410A(f)(1)(A)(iv) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww  note) is amended by striking  is not  and all that follows through the period and inserting  is not a critical access hospital (as defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act). .

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Sponsors

Rep. Mike Flood (R) sponsors H.R. 1191, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Mike Flood

Rep. · R–NE-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 11, 2025

Adrian Smith

Rep. · R–NE-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 11, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 1191 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Feb 11, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1191 has taken 2 actions since Feb 11, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1191 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 1191, as Identical bill.

S 521Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025Feb 11, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 1191 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive certain distance requirements for certain hospitals electing to be designated as critical access hospitals. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 18 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1191 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1191 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1191’s is Health.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1191 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Health care coverage and access to Rural conditions and development.

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