HR6240Referred to Committee
Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-11-20
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Eugene Simon Vindman
Democrat · VA · Representative
Votes with party: 91.1% (649 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
- Veterans$4,000k
Full profile: /officials/V000138
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Cosponsors (3)
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2025-11-20
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-11-20
- House Committee on Ways and MeansReferred To · 2025-11-20
Plain-English Summary
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 Medicare beneficiaries; (2) has experienced financial losses for two consecutive years; and (3) attests to having a strategic plan to address financial solvency and to committing to provide a service that is in high demand in the hospital's service area. This authority expires nine years after the bill's enactment. The Government Accountability Office must study the effects of the bill's implementation. In addition, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must study and recommend payment systems for rural hospitals under Medicare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must subsequently establish a mechanism and issue guidance on how newly designated CAHs may transition to different payment models under Medicare, including any new payment models recommended by the commission.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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