To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude certain beds from counting as acute care inpatient beds for critical access hospitals under the Medicare program.

Based on the bill's title, this measure would amend Medicare's rules for critical access hospitals by excluding certain beds from the count of acute care inpatient beds. The specific beds to be excluded are not identified in the title alone. The bill has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee and would affect how Medicare classifies and potentially reimburses critical access hospitals.

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