# 119-hr-8891: Rural MOMS Act of 2026

119-hr-8891, Rural MOMS Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8891
- Congress: 119
- Title: Rural MOMS Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**The Rural MOMS Act of 2026 would change how Medicare counts beds at Critical Access Hospitals.** It would explicitly **exclude beds used solely for labor and delivery from the acute care inpatient bed count for Critical Access Hospitals**. - Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs): Would be able to have labor and delivery beds that do not count toward the hospital's acute inpatient bed limit for CAH designation and Medicare reimbursement. - Rural families and pregnant people: Could have better local access to childbirth services because small hospitals can add or keep labor and delivery capacity without affecting CAH status. - Medicare administration: Keeps the Secretary's authority to set bed-count rules but directs that labor and delivery beds not be counted in that acute inpatient tally.

## Cosponsors (15)

- Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2026-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Help rural hospitals keep childbirth services: benefit, low. This bill would stop Medicare from counting beds used only for labor and delivery as acute inpatient beds. That would apply when deciding a hospital's Critical Access Hospital status and Medicare payments. If enacted, this would help some rural hospitals keep their Critical Access Hospital status a…

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- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
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- 119-hr-539: Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-8891 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8891)

## Related
- [119-hr-7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7567)
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-539: Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-539)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8891 (as of 2026-09-21).