# 119-hr-1775: Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act

119-hr-1775, Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1775
- Congress: 119
- Title: Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Allows certain previously closed rural hospitals to become Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) to revive local emergency care.** It would open an enrollment pathway for facilities that used to be critical access hospitals or rural subsection (d) hospitals and then stopped operating.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2026-03-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Some closed rural hospitals could reopen: benefit, low. This bill would let some closed rural hospitals enroll as Rural Emergency Hospitals under Medicare starting Jan 1, 2027. To qualify, the facility must have been a critical access hospital or a general hospital in a rural county at any time from Jan 1, 2014 through Dec 26, 2020, and must have closed…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1775 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1775)

## Related
- [119-hr-1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1)
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1775 (as of 2026-04-21).