# 119-hr-771: Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025

119-hr-771, Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-771
- Congress: 119
- Title: Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would make it easier for rural hospitals to qualify for Medicare's Critical Access Hospital designation by removing the distance and pre-2006 "necessary provider" requirements.** It changes who can be designated or redesignated under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program and adds a timing detail for some redesignations.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New rules for rural hospital status: mixed, medium. This bill would change rules that decide which hospitals are called rural under Medicare's Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. It would remove two subclauses from a designation rule and add a time limit on some redesignations. The change to designation rules would apply to any designation or redesi…

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- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-hr-271: Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-771 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/771)

## Related
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- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
- [119-hr-271: Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-271)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-771 (as of 2025-12-21).