S. 521

119 S521 IS: Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-02-11
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 521  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 11, 2025   Mrs. Fischer  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    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  .
2.
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.
  .
(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). .