To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the 35-mile drive requirement for designations of critical access hospitals to 30 miles.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to criteria for designation of a critical access hospital under the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program, to reduce from 35 to 30 driving miles the distance such a facility must be from a hospital or another such facility.…