{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-538","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":538,"title":"Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-01-16","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"S001172","fullName":"Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]","party":"R","state":"NE","district":3}],"cosponsorsCount":2,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-01-16","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means."},"policyArea":"Health","subjects":["Health care coverage and access","Health facilities and institutions","Health personnel","Hospital care","Medicare","Rural conditions and development"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-01-16","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-16","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-16","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of </strong><strong>2025</strong></p><p>This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Under current law, as a condition for Medicare payment for such services, 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.</p>","updateDate":"2025-10-25T08:05:40Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":586,"ts":"2026-04-19T12:45:51.427Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Critical%20Access%20Hospital%20Relief%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}