Bill > HR8294

This bill, the Rural Healthcare Revitalization Act of 2024, aims to amend the Social Security Act to provide a waiver of certain criteria for the designation of a Critical Access Hospital (CAH). Specifically, the bill allows a state to waive the requirement that a CAH have no more than 25 beds in a metropolitan statistical area where a previous CMS-accredited facility with 300 beds or fewer has terminated operations. The subsequent facility seeking CAH designation must still meet other requirements, such as providing not more than 25 beds and meeting the requirements of the 340B drug pricing program.