Protect Our Hospitals Act

The Protect Our Hospitals Act would undo changes made to Medicaid provider taxes in Public Law 119-21 by repealing Section 71115 and restoring the law's provisions to what they were before that section was enacted. In practical terms, the bill wipes away the adjustments to how states may structure and use provider taxes to fund or support Medicaid, returning to the pre-119-21 framework. The core aim appears to be preserving existing hospital financing arrangements tied to provider taxes and ensuring those arrangements operate under the prior rules. Because the bill solely reverses a specific provision of Public Law 119-21, its effects are concentrated on Medicaid financing mechanics tied to provider taxes. It does not add new funding or create new payment policies beyond restoring the earlier framework for provider taxes.