Rural Hospital Fairness Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5821 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5821 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals as critical access hospitals under the Medicare program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 24, 2025 Mr. LaMalfa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals as critical access hospitals under the Medicare program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Hospital Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN HOSPITALS AS CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. Section 1820(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-4(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following …