H.R. 7004, Save Our Rural Health Providers Act
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H.R. 7004, the Save Our Rural Health Providers Act, is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on May 22, 2020 by Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Its stated purpose is to ensure that a portion of funds appropriated to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for payments to eligible health care providers is reserved for such providers located in rural areas. Section 2 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reserve not less than 20 percent of the amounts described in subsection (b) for reimbursing eligible rural health care providers for health care related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to coronavirus. Those amounts include the unobligated balance of the appropriation of $100,000,000,000.
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“H.R. 7004, Save Our Rural Health Providers Act.”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7004
To ensure that a portion of funds appropriated to the Public Health and
Social Services Emergency Fund for payments to eligible health care
providers is reserved for such providers located in rural areas, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2020
Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. HAGEDORN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy
and Commerce
A BILL
To ensure that a portion of funds appropriated to the Public
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for pay-
ments to eligible health care providers is reserved for
such providers located in rural areas, and for other pur-
poses.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Rural Health
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1 SEC. 2. RESERVATION OF FUNDING FOR RURAL HEALTH
2 CARE PROVIDERS.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
4 sion of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
5 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall re-
6 serve not less than 20 percent of all amounts described
7 in subsection (b) for reimbursing, through grants or other
8 mechanisms, eligible rural health care providers for health
9 care related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable
10 to coronavirus.
11 (b) AMOUNTS.—The amounts described in this sub-
12 section are each of the following:
13 (1) The unobligated balance of the appropria-
14 tion of $100,000,000,000 in the third paragraph
15 under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and
16 Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public
17 Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ in di-
18 vision B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
19 (2) The unobligated balance of the appropria-
20 tion under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and
21 Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public
22 Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ in di-
23 vision B of the Paycheck Protection Program and
24 Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–
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1 (3) Any unobligated balance of an appropria-
2 tion under any other provision of law enacted prior
3 to the date of enactment of this section that is made
4 available to the Public Health and Social Services
5 Emergency Fund for the purpose of reimbursing,
6 through grants or other mechanisms, health care
7 providers for health care related expenses or lost
8 revenues attributable to coronavirus.
9 (4) Any appropriation under any other provi-
10 sion of law enacted subsequent to the date of enact-
11 ment of this section that is made available to the
12 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund
13 for the purpose described in paragraph (3).
14 (c) PRIORITY.—In reimbursing eligible rural health
15 care providers under this section, the Secretary shall give
16 priority to such providers that—
17 (1) provide care for a disproportionately high
18 percentage of individuals enrolled in the Medicare
19 program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act
20 (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) or under a State Medicaid
21 plan under title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396
22 et seq.) or under a waiver of such plan;
23 (2) provide care for populations with a dis-
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24 proportionately high percentage of—
25 (A) individuals age 60 or older; or
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1 (B) individuals who have co-morbidities
2 that make them particularly vulnerable to com-
3 plications from coronavirus; or
4 (3) provide care for populations—
5 (A) in areas with limited access to health
6 infrastructure; or
7 (B) with a high population of uninsured
8 individuals.
9 (d) REQUIREMENTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT.—
10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Reimbursements to eligible
11 rural health care providers under this section shall,
12 subject to subsection (c) and paragraph (2), be oth-
13 erwise provided in accordance with the applicable
14 provisions of law described in subsection (b).
15 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any reimbursements
16 under this section may be used for any purposes re-
17 lated to preventing, preparing for, or responding to
18 coronavirus, including purchasing equipment nec-
19 essary for such purposes or upgrading facilities for
20 such purposes.
21 (e) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE RURAL HEALTH CARE
22 PROVIDER.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible rural
23 health care provider’’ means—
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24 (1) any health care provider that—
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1 (A) is eligible to receive payments under
2 any of the provisions of law described in sub-
3 section (b); and
4 (B) is located in a rural area, as defined
5 by the Secretary; or
6 (2) any health care provider that is—
7 (A) a critical access hospital (as defined in
8 section 1861(mm) of the Social Security Act
9 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm)));
10 (B) a rural health clinic (as defined in sec-
11 tion 1861(aa)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12 1395x(aa)(2)));
13 (C) a hospital that—
14 (i) is classified as a rural referral cen-
15 ter under section 1886(d)(5)(C)(i) of such
16 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(C)(i)); and
17 (ii) is a sole community hospital (as
18 defined in section 1886(d)(5)(D)(iii) of
19 such Act (42 U.S.C.
20 1395ww(d)(5)(D)(iii))); or
21 (D) any other health care service provider
22 located in a rural area, as defined by the Sec-
23 retary.
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