Rural Health Relief Act

Bill: 116-s-3654
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-05-07
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government lending and loan guarantees

Health facilities and institutions

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Small business

State and local government operations

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Rural Health Relief Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass public hospitals that are owned or operated by a state or local government.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3654 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2020 Ms. Smith (for herself, Mr. Barrasso , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and Mrs. Fischer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To provide that certain public hospitals are eligible for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Health Relief Act . 2. Eligibility of public hospitals for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by redesignating clauses (ii) through (ix) as clauses (iii) through (x), respectively; and (B) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) the term covered hospital means a public hospital that is owned or operated by a State or local government; ; and (2) in subparagraph (D)— (A) in the subparagraph heading, by inserting , hospitals, after businesses ; (B) in clause (i), by inserting covered hospital, after veterans organization, each place that term appears; (C) in clause (v), by inserting covered hospital, after veterans organization, ; and (D) in clause (vi), by striking organization and and inserting organization, a covered hospital, and .