United States · Bill · S
S. 872 (115th)
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
Introduced
6 April 2017
Last action
6 April 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
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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Timeline
6 April 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
6 April 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 6 April 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · I · Cosponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
- related to ← HEART Act
- related to ← ASK Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/872
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/872
- us · 115-s-872 · source updated 5 December 2025