U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9468: STAR Act
Status: In committee, July 15, 2026
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust long-term care hospital payment rates under the Medicare program.
What the bill says
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust long-term care hospital payment rates under the Medicare program.
From the introduced text, June 25, 2026:
A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust long-term care hospital payment rates under the Medicare program. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving Today's Acute-Care Resources Act or the STAR Act . SECTION 2. Adjusting long-term care hospital payment rates under the Medicare program (a) Extension of site neutral payment reductions Section 1886(m)(6)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)(B)(iv) ) is amended by striking 2026 and inserting 2032 . (b) Modification of criteria for nonapplication of site neutral payment rate (1) Addition of high acuity criterion Section 1886(m)(6)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)(A) ) is amended-- (A) in clause (ii)(I), by striking or the ventilator criterion under clause (iv) and inserting , the ventilator criterion under clause (iv), or the high acuity criterion described in clause (v) ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new clause: (v) High acuity criterion (I) In general The criterion specified in this clause (in this paragraph referred to as the high acuity criterion ) for a discharge from a long-term care hospital in a fiscal year is that-- (aa) the stay in the long-term care hospital ending with such discharge was immediately preceded by a discharge from a stay in a subsection (d) …
Sponsors
- Kevin Hern (R, HD-OK-1) · primary sponsor
- Carol Miller (R, HD-WV-1)
- Lloyd Smucker (R, HD-PA-11)
- Mike Kelly (R, HD-PA-16)
- Mike Carey (R, HD-015)
- Mike Flood (R, HD-NE-1)
Latest actions
- : Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Hospital care, Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care, Health, Medicare, Health care costs and insurance
Common questions
- What is HB9468?
- HB9468 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): STAR Act.
- What does HB9468 do?
- In its own words: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust long-term care hospital payment rates under the Medicare program.
- What is the status of HB9468?
- In committee as of July 15, 2026. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0. (July 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9468?
- Kevin Hern (R, HD-OK-1), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB9468?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9468
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