United States · Bill · S
S. 586 (116th)
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2019
Introduced
27 February 2019
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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5 December 2025
Summary
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2019 This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Under current law, as a condition for Medicare payment for such services, a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 February 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 February 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 27 February 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/586
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/586