Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2279 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2279 To repeal the changes to Medicaid State provider tax authority and State directed payments made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and provide increased funding for the rural health transformation program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 15, 2025 Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To repeal the changes to Medicaid State provider tax authority and State directed payments made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and provide increased funding for the rural health transformation 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 ``Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals Act''. SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CHANGES TO MEDICAID STATE PROVIDER TAX AUTHORITY. Section 71115 of the Act titled ``An Act t…