PAATCH Act
Latest action · Jul 29, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Patient Accessibility and Access To Community Healthcare Act or the PAATCH Act
This bill allows a hospital that was designated as a sole community hospital on or before March 13, 2020, to retain this status for a 10-year period beginning on the date of the bill's enactment.
Sole community hospitals are rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area. Such hospitals receive specialized treatment with respect to Medicare payment, the 340B drug discount program, and other health care programs.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2021 to Jun 8, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Jul 29, 2021 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jun 8, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 29, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 29, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Jul 29, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 133, July 29, 2021, page H4295.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5093 | PAATCH Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve sole community hospital determinations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PAATCH Act
- Patient Accessibility and Access To Community Healthcare Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
