US Congress House Bill 7292 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 63-22)
Status: Introduced on June 22 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-22 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes and otherwise modifies requirements for the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The program provides Medicare payments in advance to eligible providers experiencing claims or cash flow disruptions, such as during national emergencies; the program was specifically expanded in response to COVID-19 to encompass more types of providers, subject to certain recoupment and repayment provisions. The bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to waive recoupment and repayment for providers who meet specified requirements. Among other criteria, providers must not have engaged in surprise billing practices with respect to COVID-19 patients. Providers must still repay any amounts not used for COVID-19 expenses; the bill caps the interest rate on such repayments at 2% upon a demonstration of hardship. The bill also requires private health insurers to treat out-of-network COVID-19 services as in-network for purposes of payment and cost-sharing.

The COVID-19 Hospital and Health Provider Loan Forgiveness Act of 2020

Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]
Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-06-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-06-22	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E557-558)
2020-06-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7292/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7292/BILLS-116hr7292ih.pdf