# 119-hr-9642: Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act

119-hr-9642, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9642
- Congress: 119
- Title: Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-07-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-11

## Summary

**Would shift Medicare payment for anesthesiologist-delivered anesthesia in eligible rural hospitals and critical access hospitals to a reasonable cost basis.** It would set volume and staffing rules and require anesthesiologists to accept the hospital payment rules instead of billing separately under Part B.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA), 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] (R-GA), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Change how hospitals report anesthesia: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would instruct HHS to change Medicare cost-reporting and rules so that anesthesiologist-provided anesthesia in qualifying rural subsection (d) hospitals and qualifying Critical Access Hospitals is excluded from certain hospital operating-cost and "medical and other health servi…
- Medicare pays rural anesthesia costs: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would shift payment for anesthesiologist-provided anesthesia in certain rural hospitals from Medicare Part B billing to Medicare Part A reasonable cost payments. To qualify, a subsection (d) hospital must be rural, have no more than one full-time equivalent anesthesiologist on…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-9642 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9642)

## Related
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- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
- [119-hr-452: Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-452)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9642 (as of 2026-10-11).