# 119-s-3047: Restoring Rural Health Act

119-s-3047, Restoring Rural Health Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3047
- Congress: 119
- Title: Restoring Rural Health Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-23
- Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Preserve Critical Access Hospital (CAH) treatment for some rural hospitals.** This bill would create a time-limited rule that treats facilities that were CAHs on January 1, 2024 and that received CMS notices of distance-rule noncompliance between December 1, 2024 and January 1, 2027 as meeting CAH eligibility under the Social Security Act. It changes the statutory eligibility language to add a specific subclause covering that date window and regulatory reference. - For rural hospitals: It specifically covers facilities that were CAHs on Jan 1, 2024 and that CMS notified between Dec 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2027 that they were noncompliant with the distance requirement in 42 C.F.R. 485.610(c). Those facilities would be treated as meeting CAH-related criteria despite those notices. - For communities served by those hospitals: The bill keeps those facilities within the CAH eligibility framework so they continue to receive CAH-related treatment under the statute rather than being removed from that framework.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protect Rural Hospital Medicare Status: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would let certain rural hospitals keep their Critical Access Hospital (CAH) treatment even after a CMS distance-rule noncompliance notice. To qualify, the facility must have been designated a CAH on January 1, 2024 and must receive a CMS notice between December 1, 2024 and Jan…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-2465: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-4842: American Food Supply Chain Resiliency Act
- 119-s-1874: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-3047 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3047)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-2465: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriati…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2465)
- [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-4842: American Food Supply Chain Resiliency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4842)
- [119-s-1874: Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1874)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3047 (as of 2026-04-21).