HR 5821 · 119th Congress

Rural Hospital Fairness Act

This bill addresses a specific problem affecting some rural hospitals. Certain hospitals that were designated as critical access hospitals before 2002 may have lost that status because they don't meet current location requirements—specifically, they're not located far enough away from other hospitals. Critical acces…

Sponsor

LaMalfa, Doug (R-CA)

Introduced

2025-10-24

Policy area

Health

Latest action

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.