Protecting Outpatient Access Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6803
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2020-05-12
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Digestive and metabolic diseases

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government lending and loan guarantees

Health care costs and insurance

Health facilities and institutions

Home and outpatient care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Mental health

Small business

Surgery and anesthesia

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting Outpatient Access Act of 2020</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 certain outpatient care centers that are affiliates of nonprofit hospitals.</p> <p>Such care centers include mental health and substance abuse centers, dialysis centers, health maintenance organization medical centers, and freestanding ambulatory surgical and emergency centers.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6803 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 12, 2020 Mr. Balderson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to exempt certain ambulatory surgery and outpatient health centers from affiliation rules, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Outpatient Access Act of 2020 . 2. Exemption of certain outpatient health centers from affiliation rules under the Paycheck Protection Program Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iv) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)(iv) ) is amended— (1) in subclause (II), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause: (IV) any business concern with not more than 500 employees that, as of the date on which the covered loan is disbursed, is assigned a North American Industry Classification System code of beginning with 62142 or 62149, and is an affiliate of a non-profit hospital. .