United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1955 (115th)
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
Introduced
5 April 2017
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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5 December 2025
Summary
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 5 April 2017
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 5 April 2017
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 5 April 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1955
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1955