H.R. 4713 · 118th Congress

Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program Act

Introduced on Jul 18, 2023 by Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13). 49 cosponsors, 28 of them from another party. Latest action (Aug 24, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 18, 2023
Cosponsors
49
28 from the other party
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To codify the Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program of the Department of Agriculture.

Subjects

  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Hospital care
  • Performance measurement
  • Rural conditions and development

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jul 18, 2023). Public domain.

Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program within the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Under the bill, USDA must establish and maintain (directly or by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement) a program to help eligible hospital facilities in rural areas with a population of 50,000 inhabitants or less.

The program must provide tailored technical assistance and training to hospital facilities to identify development needs for maintaining essential health care services and support action plans for financial, operational, and quality improvement projects to meet these needs. Development needs include (1) constructing, expanding, and modernizing health care facilities; (2) increasing telehealth capabilities; and (3) acquiring or upgrading health care information systems (e.g., electronic health records).

The program must also provide technical assistance and training to help hospital facilities to better manage their financial and business strategies and identify, and apply for assistance from, USDA loan and grant programs.

In selecting eligible hospital facilities to participate in the program, USDA must give priority to borrowers and grantees of certain USDA rural assistance programs.

USDA must also submit an annual report to Congress on the progress and results of the program.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Ronny JacksonR-TX-13Sponsor

Democrats · 28

Republicans · 21

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jul 18, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jul 18, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jul 18, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  4. Aug 24, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $14.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. OCHIN INC.1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: OCHIN, INC$284.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. TEXAS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.