(1) PAYMENT RECEIVED PERIOD 1.—Effective 
June 29, 2021, the deadline by which an eligible 
health care provider is required to use reimburse-
ments from the Provider Relief Fund received by 
such provider during the covered payment received 
period shall be extended until the later of— 
(A) the end of the COVID–19 public 
health emergency period; or 
(B) December 31, 2021. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT
OF
REPORTING
TIME
PE-
RIOD.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall make appropriate adjustments to the re-
porting time period established by the Secretary that 
is applicable to eligible health care providers with re-
spect to the use of reimbursements from the Pro-
vider Relief Fund received during the payment re-
ceived period to reflect the deadline established in 
paragraph (1) for the use of such reimbursements 
received during such payment received period. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED PAYMENT RECEIVED PERIOD.— 
The term ‘‘covered payment received period’’ means, 
with respect to the Payment Received Periods re-
ferred to in the Provider Relief Fund Guidance, the 
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payments beginning on April 10, 2020, and ending 
on June 30, 2020. 
(2) COVID–19 PUBLIC
HEALTH
EMERGENCY 
PERIOD.—The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer-
gency period’’ means the emergency period described 
in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)). 
(3) ELIGIBLE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible health care provider’’ has the meaning 
given such term in the third proviso of the third 
paragraph under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec-
retary—Public Health and Social Services Emer-
gency Fund’’ in division B of the CARES Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136). 
(4) PROVIDER RELIEF FUND.—The term ‘‘Pro-
vider Relief Fund’’ means the program to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to COVID–19, domestically 
or internationally, for necessary expenses to reim-
burse, through grants or other mechanisms, eligible 
health care providers for health care related ex-
penses or lost revenues that are attributable to 
COVID–19 for which appropriations are made— 
(A) under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec-
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retary—Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund’’ in title VIII of division B of 
the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136); and 
(B) under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec-
retary—Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund’’ in title I of division B of the 
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139). 
(5) PROVIDER RELIEF FUND GUIDANCE.—The 
term ‘‘Provider Relief Fund Guidance’’ refers to the 
guidance entitled ‘‘Provider Relief Fund General and 
Targeted Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Re-
porting Requirement’’ and issued by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services on June 11, 2021. 
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