U.S. SENATORS KATIE BRITT, JERRY MORAN, AND TINA SMITH INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXPAND RURAL HEALTH RESOURCES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Katie Britt issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and several of their Senate colleagues introduced the Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act (https://www.britt.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/48795C1DC40F64E05BEFF7204CECC06F28DD2666EBA8C52E4697FF858F7E4C26.final-119th-reh-2.0-text.pdf)(REH 2.0), bipartisan legislation to expand access to federal resources for rural hospitals through the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Medicare designation. This legislation would allow more Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and rural hospitals at risk of closure to sustain health care services in rural communities, and it would make te...