Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Rural Healthcare Revitalization Act of 2024”.
Rural Healthcare Revitalization Act of 2024
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver of certain criteria with respect to the designation of a critical access hospital.
Sec. 2 Waiver of certain criteria with respect to the designation of a critical access hospital
Section 1820(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)) is amended—
in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “A State may designate” and inserting “Subject to subparagraph (F), a State may designate”; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(F) Waiver of certain criteria with respect to the designation of a critical access hospital
“(i) In general—Subject to clause (ii), in the case of a metropolitan statistical area in which a CMS-accredited facility (as described in section 103.30(f)(2) of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations) with 300 beds or fewer has terminated operations, the State in which metropolitan statistical area is located may waive the requirements described in subparagraph (B)(i) with respect to a subsequent facility located in such metropolitan statistical area for purposes of designating such facility as a critical access hospital.
“(ii) Requirements described—For purposes of clause (i), a subsequent facility shall—
“(I) provide not more than 10 beds;
“(II) meet the requirements described in clauses (ii) through (v) of subparagraph (B); and
“(III) meet the requirements described in section 340B(a)(4)(L)(i) of the Public Health Service Act.”