U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9642: Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act
Status: In committee, July 15, 2026
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals and critical access hospitals.
What the bill says
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals and critical access hospitals.
From the introduced text, July 13, 2026:
A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals and critical access hospitals. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act . SECTION 2. Medicare part A payment for anesthesiologist services in certain rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (a) Subsection (d) hospitals (1) In general Section 1886(d)(5) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (N) (i) For cost reporting periods beginning on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act , in the case of a subsection (d) hospital described in clause (ii) , payment to such hospital for physicians' services that are anesthesia services furnished by a physician who is an anesthesiologist in such hospital shall be made on a reasonable cost basis. (ii) (I) Subject to subclause (II) , for purposes of clause (i) , a subsection (d) hospital described in this clause is, with respect to a year (beginning with 2026), a subsection (d) hospital that is located in a rural …
Sponsors
- John Moolenaar (R, HD-002) · primary sponsor
- Jared Huffman (D, HD-CA-2)
- Gregory Murphy (R, HD-003)
- Thomas Suozzi (D, HD-003)
- Dan Meuser (R, HD-009)
- Barry Moore (R, HD-AL-2)
- Monica De La Cruz (R, 15)
- David Valadao (R)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, HD-WA-3)
- Austin Scott (R, HD-GA-8)
- Eric Sorensen (D, HD-017)
Latest actions
- : Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Health care coverage and access, Hospital care, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Rural conditions and development, Surgery and anesthesia, Department of Health and Human Services, Health, Medicare
Common questions
- What is HB9642?
- HB9642 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act.
- What does HB9642 do?
- In its own words: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals and critical access hospitals.
- What is the status of HB9642?
- In committee as of July 15, 2026. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0. (July 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9642?
- John Moolenaar (R, HD-002), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB9642?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9642
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