Critical Access Hospital RIP Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9163 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9163

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that
facilities do not lose critical access hospital status as a result of a
         roadway or transportation infrastructure improvement.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2026

 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Figures,
    Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Fields, and Mrs. McIver)
 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 ensure that
facilities do not lose critical access hospital status as a result of a
         roadway or transportation infrastructure improvement.

    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 ``Critical Access Hospital Roadway
Impact Protections Act of 2026'' or the ``Critical Access Hospital RIP
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING THAT FACILITIES DO NOT LOSE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL
              STATUS AS A RESULT OF A ROADWAY OR TRANSPORTATION
              INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.

    Section 1820(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-
4(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Disregard of subsequent roadway or
                transportation infrastructure improvements.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A facility that is or at
                        any point was designated as a critical access
                        hospital by a State under subparagraph (B) that
                        would meet the criterion specified in clause
                        (i)(I) of such subparagraph but for a roadway
                        or transportation infrastructure improvement
                        completed on or after the date of such
                        designation shall be deemed to continue to meet
                        such criterion.
                            ``(ii) Roadway or transportation
                        infrastructure improvement defined.--For
                        purposes of clause (i), the term `roadway or
                        transportation infrastructure improvement'
                        includes--
                                    ``(I) the construction,
                                realignment, widening, or enhancement
                                of a highway or roadway; and
                                    ``(II) the construction or
                                modification of a bridge, overpass, or
                                tunnel.''.
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