Congressional Record, Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020) — Senate, Page S5305

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Page S5305 of the Congressional Record, Volume 166, Number 140, for Thursday, August 6, 2020, printing amendment SA 2612, submitted by Mr. WICKER as intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2499, ordered to lie on the table. The amendment would add a section on inclusion of critical care hospitals in the Paycheck Protection Program. It would amend Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act so that a critical care hospital assigned a North American Industry Classification System code beginning with 62 is treated like businesses with codes beginning with 72 for multiple locations and affiliation rules. It defines a critical care hospital by reference to rural location or additional payments under the Social Security Act, or as a nonprofit or public critical access hospital.

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[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2612. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INCLUSION OF CRITICAL CARE HOSPITALS IN THE PAYCHECK
                   PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) Eligibility of Hospitals With More Than One Physical
     Location.--Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iii) of the Small Business Act
     (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)(iii)) is amended by striking
     ``beginning with 72'' and inserting the following:
     ``beginning with 72 (or, in the case of a critical care
     hospital, is assigned a North American Industry
     Classification System code beginning with 62)''.
       (b) Waiver of Affiliation Rules.--Section
     7(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
     636(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I)) is amended by striking ``beginning with
     72'' and inserting the following: ``beginning with 72 (or, in
     the case of a critical care hospital, is assigned a North
     American Industry Classification System code beginning with
     62)''.
       (c) Critical Care Hospitals Defined.--Section 7(a)(36)(D)
     of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vii) Critical care hospital defined.--In this
     subparagraph, the term `critical care hospital' means--

       ``(I) a hospital (as defined in section 1861(e) of the
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e))) that--

       ``(aa) is located in a county (or equivalent unit of local
     government) in a rural area, as defined in section
     1886(d)(2)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(2)(D));
       ``(bb) is treated as being located in a rural area pursuant
     to section 1886(d)(8)(E) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
     1395ww(d)(8)(E)); or
       ``(cc) for the most recent cost reporting period under
     section 1886(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)), received
     an additional payment under section 1886(d)(5)(F) of such Act
     (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(F)); and

       ``(II) a nonprofit or public critical access hospital, as
     defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
     U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1)).''.

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