# 119-hr-1191: Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025

119-hr-1191, Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1191
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1191
- Congress: 119
- Title: Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates a temporary waiver that would let certain rural community hospitals gain Critical Access Hospital status despite normal distance rules.** It targets hospitals that took part in a specific Medicare demonstration and opens a short window for CAH designation.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Temporary critical access status for rural hospitals: benefit, low. This bill would let some rural community hospitals get Critical Access Hospital status even if they are too close to another hospital. The exception would last 1 year and would start 6 months after enactment. Only hospitals in Medicare’s rural community hospital demonstration on the enactment date…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-10552: Karly Rain Wood Act
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-8596: FAIR Labels Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-1191 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1191)

## Related
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-10552: Karly Rain Wood Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10552)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-8596: FAIR Labels Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8596)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1191 (as of 2026-04-21).