May 19, 2025
Mrs. Hyde-Smith introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the criteria for designation of rural emergency hospitals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Rural Health Sustainability Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Modification of criteria for designation of rural emergency hospitals
Section 1861(kkk)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(kkk)(3)) is amended—
(1)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking as of the date of the enactment of this subsection
and inserting as of January 1, 2014
;
(2)
in subparagraph (A), by striking or
at the end;
(3)
in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
(4)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(C)
was designated as rural by the Office of Rural Health Policy of the Health Resources and Services Administration.