Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act
Latest action · Mar 19, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 19, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act
This bill provides for an exception, during the national emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity.
Specifically, the bill excludes from such restrictions any increase in operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds for which a hospital is licensed or begins construction during the period of March 13, 2020, through the last day of the national emergency.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2020 to Sep 15, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Mar 19, 2020 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Mar 19, 2020 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Mar 19, 2020 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Mar 19, 2020 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Sep 8, 2020 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Sep 15, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Mar 19, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7168 | Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act | Identical bill | Jun 11, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive limitations on expansion of facility capacity under rural provider and hospital exception to ownership or investment prohibition during coronavirus 2020 emergency period.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 19, 2020Introduced in Senate
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