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Protecting Rural Access to Care Act
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H. R. 489 (Introduced-in-House)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 489


To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the application of the 15-mile secondary road distance requirement with respect to previously designated critical access hospitals under the Medicare program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 25, 2021

Ms. Stefanik (for herself and Mr. Delgado) introduced 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 clarify the application of the 15-mile secondary road distance requirement with respect to previously designated critical access hospitals under the Medicare program.

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 “Protecting Rural Access to Care Act”.

SEC. 2. Clarifying the application of the 15-mile secondary road distance requirement with respect to previously designated critical access hospitals.

Section 1820(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(4) APPLICATION OF 15-MILE SECONDARY ROADS CRITERIA.—In the case of a facility that was designated as a critical access hospital before July 31, 2015, in applying the criteria for such designation specified in clause (i) of subsection (c)(2)(B), a State (and the Secretary) shall so apply such criteria, insofar as such criteria relates to a facility located in an area with only secondary roads available, using such guidance and regulations as were in effect on July 30, 2015.”.

SEC. 3. Requirement for public notice and comment period for any guidance or regulation relating to designation criteria for critical access hospitals.

(a) In general.—With respect to any guidance or regulation issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act relating to the criteria for designation of a facility as a critical access hospital (as specified in section 1820(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B))), such guidance or regulation shall not take effect prior to the expiration of a notice and comment period of not less than 60 days under which the public is given the opportunity to comment on such guidance or regulation and the Secretary evaluates any such comments.

(b) Retroactive application to guidance relating to application of the 15-Mile secondary road distance requirement.—In applying the criteria described in subsection (a), a State (and the Secretary) shall so apply such criteria, insofar as such criteria relates to a facility located in an area with only secondary roads available, using such guidance and regulations as were in effect on July 30, 2015, until, subject to paragraph (4) of section 1820(h) of the Social Security Act (as added by section 2), such time as the Secretary issues guidance or regulations in accordance with such subsection.