Rural Health Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-6569
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2020-04-21
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: 2020-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6569 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2020 Mr. Smith of Nebraska (for himself, Ms. Sewell of Alabama , and Mr. Arrington ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 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 .