S. 310, PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act
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S. 310, the PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act, is a bill introduced in the Senate on February 12, 2021 by Mr. Wicker (for himself and Ms. Smith). Its stated purpose is to amend the Small Business Act to include hospitals serving rural areas or areas of persistent poverty in the paycheck protection program. Section 2 is headed Inclusion of Critical Care Hospitals in the Paycheck Protection Program. Part (a), on hospitals with more than one physical location, amends section 7(a)(36)(D)(iii)(I) of the Small Business Act so that a critical care hospital assigned a North American Industry Classification System code beginning with 62 is covered. Part (b) is headed Waiver of Affiliation Rules.
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“S. 310, PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act.”
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 310
To amend the Small Business Act to include hospitals serving rural areas
or areas of persistent poverty in the paycheck protection program, and
for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. SMITH) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to include hospitals serv-
ing rural areas or areas of persistent poverty in the
paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘PPP Access for Rural
5 Hospitals Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CRITICAL CARE HOSPITALS IN THE
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PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.
8 (a) ELIGIBILITY OF HOSPITALS WITH MORE THAN
9 ONE PHYSICAL LOCATION.—Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iii)(I) of
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1 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)(iii)(I))
2 is amended by striking ‘‘beginning with 72’’ and inserting
3 the following: ‘‘beginning with 72 (or, in the case of a crit-
4 ical care hospital, is assigned a North American Industry
5 Classification System code beginning with 62)’’.
6 (b) WAIVER OF AFFILIATION RULES.—Section
7 7(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
8 636(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘beginning
9 with 72’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘beginning with 72
10 (or, in the case of a critical care hospital, is assigned a
11 North American Industry Classification System code be-
12 ginning with 62)’’.
13 (c) CRITICAL CARE HOSPITALS DEFINED.—Section
14 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
15 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
16 lowing:
17 ‘‘(ix) CRITICAL CARE HOSPITAL DE-
18 FINED.—In this subparagraph, the term
19 ‘critical care hospital’ means—
20 ‘‘(I) a hospital (as defined in sec-
21 tion 1861(e) of the Social Security
22 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e))) that—
23 ‘‘(aa) is located in a county
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24 (or equivalent unit of local gov-
25 ernment) in a rural area, as de-
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1 fined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of
2 such Act (42 U.S.C.
3 1395ww(d)(2)(D));
4 ‘‘(bb) is treated as being lo-
5 cated in a rural area pursuant to
6 section 1886(d)(8)(E) of such
7 Act (42 U.S.C.
8 1395ww(d)(8)(E)); or
9 ‘‘(cc) for the most recent
10 cost reporting period under sec-
11 tion 1886(d) of such Act (42
12 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)), received an
13 additional payment under section
14 1886(d)(5)(F) of such Act (42
15 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(F)); and
16 ‘‘(II) a nonprofit or public crit-
17 ical access hospital, as defined in sec-
18 tion 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Secu-
19 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1)).’’.
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