Sec. 4. Annual study and report on rural hospitals
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, with respect to the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and each fiscal year thereafter, conduct an annual study on the following: The number of rural hospitals that closed in such fiscal year. With respect to the rural hospitals that so closed in such fiscal year, the reasons for such closures. With respect to the rural hospitals that so closed in such fiscal year, the effect such closure had on patient access to care for the given area.
With respect to each category of rural hospitals described in subsection (b), the financial well-being of the rural hospitals in such category during such fiscal year. The categories of rural hospitals described in this subsection are the following: Rural hospitals that are critical access hospitals (as defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1) )). Rural hospitals that are sole community hospitals (as defined in section 1886(d)(5)(D)(iii) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(D)(iii) )).
Rural hospitals that are a medicare-dependent, small rural hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(5)(G) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G) )). Any other such category of rural hospitals that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines appropriate. For purposes of this section, the term rural hospital means a hospital located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(2)(D) )). With respect to each study conducted pursuant to subsection
(a)with respect to a fiscal year, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, not later than December 31 of the following fiscal year, submit to Congress and to each State office of rural health (as described in section 338J(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254r(a) )) a report on such study.
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