HR 8246 · 118th Congress 2023โ€“2025, ended

Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act

Latest action · Dec 27, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 806.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 6, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-HIJill N. TokudaOct 29, 2024
R-TNJohn W. RoseDec 11, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred May 6, 2024Markup May 8, 2024Reported Dec 27, 2024

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 27, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-957.
  2. Dec 27, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 806.
  3. May 8, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. May 8, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 16.
  5. May 6, 2024Introduced in House
  6. May 6, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Dec 20, 2024H.R. 8246, Second Chances for Rural Hospitals ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 8, 2024, and June 27, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Providing a lookback for rural emergency hospital designations.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 78, May 6, 2024, page H2875.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4201Rural Health Sustainability ActRelated billApr 23, 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 modify the criteria for designation of rural emergency hospitals.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 27, 2024Reported in House
  2. May 6, 2024Introduced in House

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