US HB5754 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 5754 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to repeal regulations that require off-campus facilities to be located within 35 miles of the main hospital or critical access hospital in order to receive provider-based status under Medicare (i.e., to be considered as hospital outpatient departments for purposes of Medicare payment).

Title

Rural ER Access Act

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2020-02-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2020-02-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2020-02-04	House	Introduced in House