Equal Treatment of the District of Columbia Under the Rural Health Transformation Program Act of 2025

Summary

Adds the District of Columbia to the list of places eligible for the federal Rural Health Transformation Program and makes that change effective retroactively to the enactment date of Public Law 119–21. The bill also includes a short title clause but does not create new funding or duties on its own. The substantive change expands the geographic scope of the existing program so that entities in the District of Columbia can use the program's authorities and opportunities on the same footing as the other listed jurisdictions.

• Explicitly adds the District of Columbia to the list of jurisdictions eligible for the Rural Health Transformation Program.
• Makes the eligibility change retroactive to the enactment date of Public Law 119–21.
• Includes a short title clause that creates no substantive obligations or funding.
• Does not authorize new spending or alter existing funding levels for the program.
• Requires administrative agencies to treat DC as eligible under the specified statutory provision.
• Expands opportunity for DC hospitals, providers, and local government to participate in program activities.
• Implementation of program participation for DC will follow existing program rules and available appropriations.
• Narrow, targeted statutory amendment rather than a broad policy overhaul.