Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025

Lets HHS set an island-appropriate inpatient bed limit for critical access hospitals in Guam instead of the standard 25-bed cap used in states. This could make it easier for Guam’s small hospitals to keep or qualify for critical access status while meeting local needs.

Lets HHS set an island-appropriate inpatient bed limit for critical access hospitals in American Samoa instead of the standard 25-bed cap used in states. This may help maintain inpatient capacity without risking critical access status.

Lets HHS set an island-appropriate inpatient bed limit for critical access hospitals in the Northern Mariana Islands instead of the standard 25-bed cap. This may better fit remote-island hospital realities and help keep inpatient care available.

Lets HHS set an island-appropriate inpatient bed limit for critical access hospitals in the U.S. Virgin Islands instead of the standard 25-bed cap. This can help preserve inpatient services while aligning rules to local capacity needs.