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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2493 

To extend the deadline for eligible health care providers to use certain funds 

received from the COVID–19 Provider Relief Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2021 

Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To extend the deadline for eligible health care providers 

to use certain funds received from the COVID–19 Provider Relief Fund, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Provider Relief Fund 

5 Deadline Extension Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR ELIGIBLE HEALTH 

2 CARE PROVIDERS TO USE CERTAIN FUNDS 

3 RECEIVED FROM THE COVID–19 PROVIDER 

4 RELIEF FUND. 

5 (a) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.— 

6 (1) PAYMENT RECEIVED PERIOD 1.—Effective 

7 June 29, 2021, the deadline by which an eligible 

8 health care provider is required to use such reim9 bursements from the Provider Relief Fund received 

10 by such provider during the covered payment re11 ceived period shall be extended until the later of— 

12 (A) the end of the COVID–19 public 

13 health emergency period; or 

14 (B) December 31, 2021. 

15 (2) ADJUSTMENT OF REPORTING TIME PE16 RIOD.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv17 ices shall make appropriate adjustments to the re18 porting time period established by the Secretary that 

19 is applicable to eligible health care providers with re20 spect to the use of reimbursements from the Pro21 vider Relief Fund received during the covered pay22 ment received period to reflect the deadline estab23 lished in paragraph (1) for the use of such reim24 bursements received during such covered payment 

25 received period. 

26 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) COVERED PAYMENT RECEIVED PERIOD.— 

2 The term ‘‘covered payment received period’’ means, 

3 with respect to the Payment Received Periods re4 ferred to in the Provider Relief Fund Guidance, the 

5 payments beginning on April 10, 2020, and ending 

6 on June, 30, 2020. 

7 (2) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

8 PERIOD.—The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer9 gency period’’ means the emergency period described 

10 in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)). 

12 (3) ELIGIBLE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.—The 

13 term ‘‘eligible health care provider’’ has the meaning 

14 given such term in the third proviso of the third 

15 paragraph under the heading ‘‘Department of 

16 Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec17 retary—Public Health and Social Services Emer18 gency Fund’’ in division B of the CARES Act (Pub19 lic Law 116–136). 

20 (4) PROVIDER RELIEF FUND.—The term ‘‘Pro21 vider Relief Fund’’ means the program to prevent, 

22 prepare for, and respond to COVID–19, domestically 

23 or internationally, for necessary expenses to reim24 burse, through grants or other mechanisms, eligible 

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1 penses or lost revenues that are attributable to 

2 COVID–19 for which appropriations are made— 

3 (A) under the heading ‘‘Department of 

4 Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec5 retary—Public Health and Social Services 

6 Emergency Fund’’ in title VIII of division B of 

7 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136); and 

8 (B) under the heading ‘‘Department of 

9 Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec10 retary—Public Health and Social Services 

11 Emergency Fund’’ in title I of division B of the 

12 Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 

13 Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139). 

14 (5) PROVIDER RELIEF FUND GUIDANCE.—The 

15 term ‘‘Provider Relief Fund Guidance’’ means the 

16 guidance titled, ‘‘Provider Relief Fund General and 

17 Targeted Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Re18 porting Requirement’’, and issued by the Secretary 

19 of Health and Human Services on June 11, 2021. 

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