Title: PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act
This bill includes within the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), certain rural hospitals or hospitals serving low-income patients that are designated as critical care hospitals.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 310 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 310

  To amend the Small Business Act to include hospitals serving rural 
    areas or areas of persistent poverty in the paycheck protection 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2021

 Mr. Wicker (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
                          and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to include hospitals serving rural 
    areas or areas of persistent poverty in the paycheck protection 
                    program, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``PPP Access for Rural Hospitals 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CRITICAL CARE HOSPITALS IN THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligibility of Hospitals With More Than One Physical 
Location.--Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iii)(I) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)(iii)(I)) is amended by striking ``beginning with 
72'' and inserting the following: ``beginning with 72 (or, in the case 
of a critical care hospital, is assigned a North American Industry 
Classification System code beginning with 62)''.
    (b) Waiver of Affiliation Rules.--Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I)) is amended by 
striking ``beginning with 72'' and inserting the following: ``beginning 
with 72 (or, in the case of a critical care hospital, is assigned a 
North American Industry Classification System code beginning with 
62)''.
    (c) Critical Care Hospitals Defined.--Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
                            ``(ix) Critical care hospital defined.--In 
                        this subparagraph, the term `critical care 
                        hospital' means--
                                    ``(I) a hospital (as defined in 
                                section 1861(e) of the Social Security 
                                Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e))) that--
                                            ``(aa) is located in a 
                                        county (or equivalent unit of 
                                        local government) in a rural 
                                        area, as defined in section 
                                        1886(d)(2)(D) of such Act (42 
                                        U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(2)(D));
                                            ``(bb) is treated as being 
                                        located in a rural area 
                                        pursuant to section 
                                        1886(d)(8)(E) of such Act (42 
                                        U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(8)(E)); or
                                            ``(cc) for the most recent 
                                        cost reporting period under 
                                        section 1886(d) of such Act (42 
                                        U.S.C. 1395ww(d)), received an 
                                        additional payment under 
                                        section 1886(d)(5)(F) of such 
                                        Act (42 U.S.C. 
                                        1395ww(d)(5)(F)); and
                                    ``(II) a nonprofit or public 
                                critical access hospital, as defined in 
                                section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social 
                                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                                1395x(mm)(1)).''.
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