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Senator Hawley’s new legislation would create the Rural Hospital Emergency Department Guarantee, which would provide 10 years of dedicated funding to keep emergency rooms in rural communities operational.
Hawley's bill would establish a 10-year funding guarantee for rural emergency rooms.
Last Action Date Listed June 24, 2026 Action Mr. Hawley (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official bill record shows Hawley introduced the relevant bill, but its latest listed action is referral to committee, not enactment.
To establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open, and for other purposes.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill directly matches the promise’s subject: a guaranteed funding stream for rural emergency rooms. Because this is only introduced text, it documents effort rather than completed delivery.
the Secretary shall establish, and solicit applications for, a 10-year program (referred to in this section as the `program') to make payments to eligible entities
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text contains the promised 10-year program mechanism, confirming the specificity of the legislative attempt. It has not been shown enacted in the official bill record.
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Senator Hawley’s new legislation would create the Rural Hospital Emergency Department Guarantee, which would provide 10 years of dedicated funding to keep emergency rooms in rural communities operational.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hawley’s Senate office publicly announced the exact 10-year rural emergency-room funding proposal and described its intended effect.
RHT Program funding is $50 billion to be allocated to approved States over five fiscal years, with $10 billion of funding available each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2026 and ending in fiscal year 2030.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): An enacted federal rural health program exists and is being implemented, but it is five years, state-allotment based, and not a dedicated 10-year rural emergency-room stream. This supports only partial delivery of the broader rural health funding goal.
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Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 1, as Amended ) Vote Result: Bill Passed Hawley (R-MO), Yea
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hawley voted for H.R. 1, the vehicle associated with the enacted Rural Health Transformation Program, showing support for a broader rural health funding measure but not completion of the specific 10-year ER commitment.