Affordable Access to Rural Health Care Act
Summary
Affordable Access to Rural Health Care Act This bill temporarily exempts newly constructed or purchased rural health clinics (RHCs) from Medicare payment limits. Specifically, the bill exempts an RHC from payment limits for its first year of services upon certification that a hospital had a binding written agreement with an outside unrelated party to construct or purchase the RHC before March 30, 2021. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must conduct a related compliance audit within 60 days of the bill's enactment.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 11, 2021
Last action Mar 12, 2021
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Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
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Committee
3
Mar 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Committee
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.
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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