# 117-hr-6400: Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act

117-hr-6400, Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6400
- Congress: 117
- Title: Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2022-01-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Save America's Rural Hospitals Act This bill establishes and otherwise modifies payment requirements for rural health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, including by (1) exempting Medicare payments to rural hospitals from sequestration, (2) making permanent certain payment increases for services in rural areas (e.g., Medicaid primary care services), and (3) permanently removing the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2022-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2022-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2022-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6400 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6400)

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- [117-hr-3630: Lymphedema Treatment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3630)
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- [117-hr-2748: Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-2748)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6400 (as of 2025-11-18).