# 119-s-2628: Catastrophic Specialty Hospital Act of 2025

119-s-2628, Catastrophic Specialty Hospital Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2628
- Congress: 119
- Title: Catastrophic Specialty Hospital Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-31
- Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates a separate Medicare payment pathway for long-term care hospitals that specialize in catastrophic spinal cord and acquired brain injuries.** The bill would let the Secretary designate certain LTCHs as "catastrophic specialty hospitals" and pay them under a distinct regime instead of the standard LTCH prospective payment system for relevant cost reporting periods.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New Medicare payment path for specialty hospitals: benefit, high. If enacted, this bill would create a separate Medicare payment pathway for certain long‑term care hospitals called catastrophic specialty hospitals. The Secretary would designate hospitals based on a 3‑year lookback. For each cost reporting period in that lookback, at least 80% of discharges must b…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-2628 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2628)

## Related
- [119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2296)
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2628 (as of 2026-04-21).