Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

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The Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act is a bill in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives that would enable hospitals to extend successful “Hospital at Home” programs for an additional five years.[1]

Bill summary

This bill would extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) program through 2030.[2] It also directs the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the program's efficacy.[3][4]

Legislative activity

On July 10, 2025, Senators Raphael Warnock and Tim Scott introduced S.2237, the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act.[5] On the same day, Representative Vern Buchanan introduced H.R.4313 as companion legislation.[6] Representatives Lloyd Smucker and Dwight Evans are the original cosponsors of the House bill.[6][1]

The bill's goal of a five-year extension was achieved instead by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, which extended the AHCaH initiative through 2030 while mandating further study into the efficacy of hospital-at-home programs.[7]

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