Rural ER Access Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to repeal regulations that require off-campus facilities to be located within 35 miles of the main hospital or critical access hospital in order to receive provider-based status under Medicare (i.e., to be considered as hospital outpatient departments for purposes of Medicare payment).
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise 
 regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that 
  an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-
 mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 cited as the ``Rural ER Access Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING LOCATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM 
              APPLICABLE TO OFF-CAMPUS FACILITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise section 
413.65(e)(3)(i) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
successor regulation), to remove the requirement under the Medicare 
program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located 
within a 35-mile radius of the campus of a hospital or critical access 
hospital that is the potential main provider to meet the location 
requirements to be eligible for provider-based status.
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To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital, and for other purposes.
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital, and for other purposes.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to remove the requirement under the Medicare program that an off-campus facility or organization shall be located within a 35-mile radius of a hospital or critical access hospital, and for other purposes.
Rep. Green, Mark E.