119-s1800

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1800 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1800

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the criteria 
 for designation of rural emergency hospitals.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 19, 2025

Mrs. Hyde-Smith introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the criteria 
 for designation of rural emergency hospitals.

 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 ``Rural Health Sustainability Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF RURAL EMERGENCY 
 HOSPITALS.

 

Section 1861

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    (3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395x

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    (3) ) is amended--

    (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by striking 
 ``as of the date of the enactment of this subsection'' and 
 inserting ``as of January 1, 2014'';

    (2) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``or'' at the end;

    (3) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; or''; and

    (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
 ``
            (C) was designated as rural by the Office of 
 Rural Health Policy of the Health Resources and 
 Services Administration.''.
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