To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the Rural Flex program, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Reauthorizes and expands the Medicare Rural Flex program to support critical access hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, rural health clinics, and related technical assistance and outreach activities.
Who Benefits and How
Rural hospitals, clinics, and communities could gain continued federal grant support for quality improvement, emergency service stabilization, behavioral-health linkages, and graduate medical education outreach.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS would continue administering the grant program and associated technical-assistance and evaluation efforts, with federal funds supporting the expanded uses.
Key Provisions
- Extends and updates Rural Flex grant activities for critical access hospitals, rural clinics, and rural emergency hospitals.
- Allows technical-assistance and evaluation grants or cooperative agreements to support recipients.
- Continues funding from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for fiscal year 2011 and each subsequent fiscal year.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reauthorizes and expands the Medicare Rural Flex program to support critical access hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, rural health clinics, and related technical assistance and outreach activities.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
Reauthorizes and expands the Medicare Rural Flex program to support critical access hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, rural health clinics, and related technical assistance and outreach activities.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Rural hospitals, clinics, and emergency hospitals receiving program support
- Patients who rely on rural emergency and hospital services
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal health administrators and payers supporting the expanded program
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Cortez Masto, and …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Patients relying on rural hospital and emergency services, Rural hospitals, clinics, and rural emergency hospitals receiving program support
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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