Applicable hospital is defined by Medicaid share or by rural low volume
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6104, Sec. 6104.
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Applicable hospital is defined by Medicaid share or by rural low volume
“The hospital provides labor and delivery services and more than 50 percent of the hospital's births (in the most recent year for which such data is available) are financed by the Medicaid program or CHIP.”
The section defines applicable hospital as any hospital in a State meeting either of two criteria. The first is quoted. The second is a hospital in a rural area, as the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy defines that term, which had fewer than an average of 300 births per year over the most recent two years of data and provides labor and delivery services.
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“The hospital provides labor and delivery services and more than 50 percent of the hospital's births (in the most recent year for which such data is available) are financed by the Medicaid program or CHIP.”
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The hospital delivers babies. More than half of those births are paid for by two public health programs.
What this is about
The other way to qualify is to be a small rural hospital. That means fewer than 300 births a year on average. Both kinds still deliver babies.
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 6104, 140 Stat. 640 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm
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“Applicable hospital is defined by Medicaid share or by rural low volume,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 6104, Sec. 6104. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/proposal/sec6104-applicable-hospital-defined/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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