119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 6, 2025
Fair Funding for Rural Hospitals Act
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Latest action (Feb 6, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S796)
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 6, 2025)
Fair Funding for Rural Hospitals Act
This bill establishes a minimum funding allotment for Medicaid disproportionate-share hospitals (DSHs). (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
Specifically, the bill establishes a minimum allotment of $20 million per state for FY2025-FY2029, increased for inflation in subsequent years, despite any required reductions or other applicable funding calculations.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S796)
Introduced in Senate
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Health care coverage and access · Health facilities and institutions · Medicaid · Rural conditions and development
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