,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bc1  
#bjbe ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith 7for herself   
and ,mr4 ,schiff7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the treatment
 of certain critical access hospitals4  
#a4  ,short title  ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,restoring ,rural ,health  
,act4  #b4  ,treatment of certain       
critical access hospitals  ,section     
#ahbj7;c77#b77;,b77i7 of the ,social    
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acie;i-#d7;c77#b77;,b77i77 is amended--
  7#a7 in subclause 7,i71 by striking or
 after the semicolon2  7#b7 in subclause
 7,,ii71 by inserting or after the      
semicolon2 and  7#c7 by adding at the   
end the following new subclause3        
7,,iii7 is a facility that--  7aa7 as of
 ,january #a1 #bjbd1 was designated as a
 critical access hospital2 and  7bb7    
receives notice from the ,centers for   

,medicare  ,medicaid ,services during   
the period beginning on ,december #a1   
#bjbd1 and ending on ,january #a1 #bjbg1
 that the facility was found to be      
noncompliant with the distance          
requirement under section #dhe4faj7;c7  
of title #db1 ,code of ,federal         
,regulations 7or a successor            
regulation72  4