Rural Health Clinic Location Modernization Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Mann
Introduced
Summary
Rewrites the Census-based geography that decides where a Medicare Rural Health Clinic can be located. The bill would replace the current reference to an "urbanized area" with an "urban area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) with a population of 50,000 or more" for RHC eligibility, effective January 1, 2027.
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- Rural Health Clinics: Clinics would be re-evaluated under the new Census definition, which could change which sites meet Medicare RHC location rules.
- Patients and communities: People in small towns and surrounding areas could see local clinics gain or lose RHC status, which may affect access to Medicare-covered services.
- Medicare program: Medicare would apply the new Census geography to RHC qualification beginning Jan 1, 2027, while keeping all other RHC eligibility criteria unchanged.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New location test for Medicare rural clinics
The bill would update how Medicare decides if a clinic is in a rural place. It would use the Census term "urban area" with a population of 50,000 or more. Some clinics could newly qualify as Rural Health Clinics, and others could lose RHC status. That could change clinic payments and local access to RHC services. The change would start January 1, 2027.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mann
KS • R
Cosponsors
Tokuda
HI • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Zinke
MT • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Fields
LA • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Mannion
NY • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Costa
CA • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Baird
IN • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Graves
MO • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Valadao
CA • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Pappas
NH • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Boebert
CO • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Smith (NE)
NE • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Figures
AL • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Vasquez
NM • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Vindman
VA • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Higgins (LA)
LA • R
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Balint
VT • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Neguse
CO • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Wilson (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Stansbury
NM • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Kaptur
OH • D
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Roll Call Votes
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