AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR RURAL HOSPITALS.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not specify the exact amount of funding or which hospitals will receive it.

Funding for Rural Hospitals

This act provides money from the state's budget to help hospitals in rural areas keep labor and delivery units and intensive care units running.

What This Bill Does

• Gives money to the Department of Public Health to support rural hospitals.
• The funds are used to help rural hospitals run labor and delivery units and intensive care units.

Who It Names or Affects

• Residents of rural areas who need medical care
• Hospitals located in rural parts of the state

Terms To Know

General Fund

The main pool of money that a government uses to pay for different programs and services.

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

A special part of the hospital where patients who are very sick or injured get close medical care.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact amount of money to be given is not specified in the bill text.
• It's unclear how many hospitals will receive funding and which ones they might be.

Official Summary Text

To provide residents in rural communities with vital health care services.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 110 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 27
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 110

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

Introduced by:
SEN. HARDING, 30th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR RURAL HOSPITALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the sum of ____ dollars be appropriated to the Department of 1
Public Health, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2
2027, for hospitals in rural areas of the state to operate labor and delivery 3
and intensive care units. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To provide residents in rural communities with vital health care
services.