Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Restoring Rural Health Act”.
Restoring Rural Health Act
A BILL
To provide for the treatment of certain critical access hospitals.
Sec. 2 Treatment of certain critical access hospitals
Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended—
in subclause (I), by striking “or” after the semicolon;
in subclause (II), by inserting “or” after the semicolon; and
by adding at the end the following new subclause:
“(III) is a facility that—
“(aa) as of January 1, 2024, was designated as a critical access hospital; and
“(bb) receives notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the period beginning on December 1, 2024, and ending on January 1, 2027, that the facility was found to be noncompliant with the distance requirement under section 485.610(c) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation);”