Rural Health Care Access Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2990 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit States to designate without any mileage limitations facilities that are located in rural areas as critical access hospitals, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 23, 2019 Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) in- troduced 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 permit States to designate without any mileage limitations facili- ties that are located in rural areas as critical access hospitals, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Health Care 4 Access Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2990.IH H2990 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2990 IH SEC. 2. MEDICARE RURAL HOSPITAL FLEXIBILITY PRO- 1 GRAM. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1820 of the Social Secu- 3 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4) is amended— 4 (1) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(i)— 5 (A) by striking ‘‘, and that—’’ and insert- 6 ing a semicolon; and 7 (B) by striking subclauses (I) and (II); 8 and 9 (2) in subsection (h)(3), by inserting ‘‘made be- 10 fore the date of the enactment of the Rural Health 11 Care Access Act of 2019’’ after ‘‘any redesignation’’. 12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 13 subsection (a)(1) shall apply with respect to any designa- 14 tion or redesignation made on or after the date of the en- 15 actment of this Act. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2990.IH H2990 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS