Rural MOMS Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8891 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8891

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude certain beds
    from counting as acute care inpatient beds for critical access
                 hospitals under the Medicare program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2026

  Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Tokuda, and Ms. Schrier)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude certain beds
    from counting as acute care inpatient beds for critical access
                 hospitals under the Medicare program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Maternity Options for Medical
Support Act of 2026'' or the ``Rural MOMS Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUDING CERTAIN BEDS FROM COUNTING AS ACUTE CARE INPATIENT
              BEDS FOR CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS UNDER THE MEDICARE
              PROGRAM.

    Section 1820(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395i-4(c)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended by inserting ``and not including any
beds which are used solely for labor and delivery'' after ``as the
Secretary may establish''.
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