Congress·Passed Senate·S. 4460

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization

Rural Hospital Support: Five Year Program Extension

2 months ago·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: The House

This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It was recently introduced and sent to the Senate Committee on Finance for review. No further actions are scheduled at this time.

Legislative Progress

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Likely to pass

This program has strong support from both parties because it helps rural voters. It has been extended many times before and has a very high number of cosponsors from both sides.

Key Points

This bill extends a special program that helps small rural hospitals stay open. It adds five more years to a test program that changes how Medicare pays these hospitals for their services.
Rural hospitals often struggle because they have fewer patients and higher costs. This program allows them to get paid based on what it actually costs to provide care rather than fixed rates that might not cover their bills.
The program is specifically for hospitals in rural areas that are too large to be called critical access but too small to thrive under standard rules. It helps ensure people in remote areas still have a local place to go for medical emergencies.
If this bill passes, the program will run for a total of 20 years instead of 15. This gives these hospitals more financial stability so they can keep serving their communities through at least 2031.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

5 milestones9 actions

May 21, 2026House

Held at the desk.

May 21, 2026Senate

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

May 21, 2026House

Received in the House.

The House has received the Senate-passed bill and will decide whether to take it up.

May 20, 2026Senate

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

The Senate voted to approve this bill. If the House already passed it, it goes to the President.

May 20, 2026

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

The Senate voted to approve this bill. If the House already passed it, it goes to the President.

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization

Bill NumberS 4460

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionHeld at the desk.

Data Sources

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Sponsor

Cosponsors

(16)

D: 7R: 8I: 1

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