Critical Access Hospital RIP Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced
Summary
Protects critical access hospital designation by requiring reviewers to ignore roadway or transportation infrastructure work completed after a facility's designation when checking eligibility. It amends Section 1820(c)(2) of the Social Security Act and defines covered improvements like highway construction, realignment, widening, bridges, overpasses, and tunnels.
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- Critical access hospitals: Facilities that were designated will be deemed to continue meeting the relevant statutory criterion even if a roadway or transportation improvement completed after designation would otherwise affect that test.
- States and eligibility reviewers: When evaluating continued eligibility under the specified criterion, reviewers must disregard subsequent roadway or transportation infrastructure improvements for already-designated facilities.
- What counts as an improvement: The bill lists highway or roadway construction, realignment, widening, and enhancements, plus construction or modification of bridges, overpasses, and tunnels.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Protect critical access hospitals' status
If enacted, a facility designated by a State as a critical access hospital would keep that designation. This would apply even if a later road or bridge project changed the hospital's distance eligibility. The bill would apply when the improvement was completed on or after the hospital's designation. Covered projects would include construction, realignment, widening, or enhancement of a highway or roadway. It would also cover construction or modification of a bridge, overpass, or tunnel.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]
AL • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
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