HR9163Referred to Committee

Critical Access Hospital RIP Act of 2026

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-06-04
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Bennie G. Thompson
Bennie G. Thompson
Democrat · MS · Representative
Votes with party: 98.1% (582 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

2026-06-04

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Plain-English Summary

Critical access hospitals—small rural hospitals that receive special Medicare funding—could lose their special status if nearby roads are improved or transportation infrastructure is upgraded, even though the hospital itself hasn't changed. This bill would prevent that from happening by ensuring that road and infrastructure improvements in the area don't automatically disqualify these hospitals from keeping their critical access designation. This protects rural healthcare facilities and the communities that depend on them from losing federal funding due to circumstances beyond their control.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9163 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9163 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that facilities do not lose critical access hospital status as a result of a roadway or transportation infrastructure improvement. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2026 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Figures, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Fields, and Mrs. McIver) 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 ensure that facilities do not lose critical access hospital status as a result of a roadway or transportation infrastructure improvement. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Access Hospital Roadway Impact Protections Act of 2026'' or the ``Critical Access Hospital RIP Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ENSURING THAT FACILITIES DO NOT LOSE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL STATUS AS A RESULT OF A ROADWAY OR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. Section 1820(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i- 4(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(F) Disregard of subsequent roadway or transportation infrastructure improvements.-- ``(i) In general.--A facility that is or at any point was designated as a critical access hospital by a State under subparagraph (B) that would meet the criterion specified in clause (i)(I) of such subparagraph but for a roadway or transportation infrastructure improvement completed on or after the date of such designation shall be deemed to continue to meet such criterion. ``(ii) Roadway or transportation infrastructure improvement defined.--For purposes of clause (i), the term `roadway or transportation infrastructure improvement' includes-- ``(I) the construction, realignment, widening, or enhancement of a highway or roadway; and ``(II) the construction or modification of a bridge, overpass, or tunnel.''. <all>
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