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

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.

IntroducedMar 23, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Mar 23, 2020
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-TN	Mark E. Green	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Mar 23, 2020
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Mar 23, 2020
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Mar 23, 2020
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Mar 25, 2020
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Mar 25, 2020
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Mar 25, 2020
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Mar 25, 2020
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Mar 31, 2020
R-TN	David Kustoff		Mar 31, 2020
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Mar 31, 2020
R-MO	Jason Smith		Mar 31, 2020
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Mar 31, 2020
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Mar 31, 2020
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small		Mar 31, 2020
R-MD	Andy Harris		Apr 10, 2020
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Apr 10, 2020
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Apr 10, 2020
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Apr 10, 2020
R-GA	Doug Collins		Apr 10, 2020
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Apr 10, 2020
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Apr 10, 2020
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Apr 10, 2020
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Apr 10, 2020
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Apr 14, 2020
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 14, 2020
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Apr 14, 2020
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Apr 14, 2020
D-MN	Angie Craig		Apr 17, 2020
D-WI	Ron Kind		Apr 17, 2020
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Apr 21, 2020
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Apr 21, 2020
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Apr 21, 2020
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Apr 22, 2020
R-NC	Ted Budd		Apr 23, 2020
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		May 1, 2020
R-IL	Rodney Davis		May 1, 2020
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		May 5, 2020
D-CA	Josh Harder		May 5, 2020
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		May 8, 2020
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		May 8, 2020
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		May 8, 2020
D-NH	Chris Pappas		May 12, 2020
D-IA	David Loebsack		May 12, 2020
D-VT	Peter Welch		May 12, 2020
R-OK	Tom Cole		May 12, 2020
D-CA	Mike Thompson		May 15, 2020
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		May 22, 2020
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		May 27, 2020
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jun 11, 2020
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Jun 22, 2020
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Jun 22, 2020
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Sep 14, 2020
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Sep 23, 2020
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Sep 23, 2020
D-CA	Tj Cox		Sep 23, 2020

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 23, 2020
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 23, 2020
House	Small Business Committee	Referred Mar 23, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 23, 2020Introduced in House
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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 57, March 23, 2020, page H1718.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3559	Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020	Identical bill	Mar 21, 2020

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide emergency financial assistance to rural health care facilities and providers impacted by the COVID-19 emergency.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 23, 2020Introduced in House

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