# 117-hr-9257: Rural Health Care Access Act of 2022

117-hr-9257, Rural Health Care Access Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-9257
- Congress: 117
- Title: Rural Health Care Access Act of 2022
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2022-10-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Rural Health Care Access Act of 2022 This bill eliminates certain criteria that hospitals must meet in order to qualify as critical access hospitals that receive special payment under Medicare. Specifically, the bill eliminates the requirement that a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area.

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## Sources
- [117-hr-9257 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9257)

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- [117-hr-5754: Patient Advocate Tracker Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5754)
- [117-hr-310: To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doher…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-310)
- [117-hr-1057: Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1057)
- [117-hr-9470: American SAFER Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-9470)
- [117-hr-9258: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise regulations to r…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-9258)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-9257 (as of 2025-11-18).