S. 258: Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-27 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015

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Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under which a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.

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Official text

Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · 33 cosponsors

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Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Barrasso (R-WY), John Thune (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Steve Daines (R-MT), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), John Hoeven (R-ND), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Boozman (R-AR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s258.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s258 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114