H.R. 1924

Summary

H.R. 1924, the Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Mar 6, 2025 by Rep. Kevin Hern (R) with 8 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Mar 6, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 1924 has 8 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1924 IH: Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-06
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1924  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 6, 2025   Mr. Hern of Oklahoma  (for himself,  Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania ,  Mrs. Miller of West Virginia ,  Mr. Smucker , and  Ms. Tenney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a new criterion for the nonapplication of site-neutral payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025  .
2.
Establishing a new criterion for the nonapplication of site-neutral payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program
Section 1886(m)(6)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(6)(A) ) is amended—
(1)
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
(2)
by adding at the end the following new clause:
(v)
High acuity criterion
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—
(I)
the discharge was assigned to a Medicare-Severity-Long-Term-Care-Diagnosis-Related-Group (MS-LTC-DRG) with a relative weight for such fiscal year that was equal to or greater than 0.8; and
(II)
the discharge occurred on or after October 1, 2026.
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Sponsors

Rep. Kevin Hern (R) sponsors H.R. 1924, and 8 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Kevin Hern

Rep. · R–OK-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 6, 2025

Brendan Boyle

Rep. · D–PA-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 6, 2025 · Original

John Joyce

Rep. · R–PA-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 6, 2025 · Original

Carol Miller

Rep. · R–WV-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 6, 2025 · Original

Lloyd Smucker

Rep. · R–PA-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 6, 2025 · Original

Claudia Tenney

Rep. · R–NY-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 6, 2025 · Original

Donald Davis

Rep. · D–NC-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 9, 2025

Mike Carey

Rep. · R–OH-15 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 4, 2025

Nathaniel Moran

Rep. · R–TX-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 13, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 1924 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Mar 6, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1924 has taken 2 actions since Mar 6, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1924 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1924 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a new criterion for the nonapplication of site-neutral payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

11 clients hired 8 firms and 65 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1924 in 47 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Insurance, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Pharmacy, Education.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1924 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

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Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1924, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HERN of Oklahoma:H.R. 1924.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H1039]

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