US Congress Senate Bill 3559 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes grant programs and other forms of financial assistance for health care providers in response to the national emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill establishes (1) a grant program to provide emergency assistance to critical access hospitals, certain rural hospitals, and providers participating in Medicare; (2) a grant program to provide emergency assistance to health care practices and ambulatory surgery centers for staff salaries; and (3) a loan program to provide low-interest loans to health care practices and ambulatory surgery centers. The bill also temporarily increases reimbursements to rural hospitals under the Medicare swing-bed program. (The program allows rural hospitals to use beds, as needed, for either acute care or skilled nursing facility care.)

Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]
Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Kelly Loeffler [R-GA]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB6365 (Same As) 2020-03-23 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3559/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3559/BILLS-116s3559is.pdf