HR 6365 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Introduced Mar 23, 2020 Originated House Sponsor David P. Roe R-TN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 23, 2020 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 23, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

This bill establishes grant programs and other forms of financial assistance for health care providers in response to the national emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the bill establishes (1) a grant program to provide emergency assistance to critical access hospitals, certain rural hospitals, and providers participating in Medicare; (2) a grant program to provide emergency assistance to health care practices and ambulatory surgery centers for staff salaries; and (3) a loan program to provide low-interest loans to health care practices and ambulatory surgery centers.

The bill also temporarily increases reimbursements to rural hospitals under the Medicare swing-bed program. (The program allows rural hospitals to use beds, as needed, for either acute care or skilled nursing facility care.)

Cosponsors 63

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2020 to Sep 23, 2020, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalMar 23, 2020
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalMar 23, 2020
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalMar 23, 2020
D-WAKim SchrierOriginalMar 23, 2020
R-INLarry BucshonOriginalMar 23, 2020
R-TNMark E. GreenOriginalMar 23, 2020
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalMar 23, 2020
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalMar 23, 2020
D-CARaul RuizOriginalMar 23, 2020
R-KSRoger MarshallOriginalMar 23, 2020
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMar 23, 2020
R-OHBrad R. WenstrupMar 25, 2020
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyMar 25, 2020
R-NYElise M. StefanikMar 25, 2020
R-MIJack BergmanMar 25, 2020
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 23, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Mar 23, 2020Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3559Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020Identical billMar 21, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

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  1. Mar 23, 2020Introduced in House

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