HR 6336
116th Congress
House
Health
Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medicare
State and local government operations
Increasing Hospital Capacity to Fight the Coronavirus Act of 2020
Introduced: March 23, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 23, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 23, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Increasing Hospital Capacity to Fight the Coronavirus Act of 2020
This bill allows unapproved capital expenses that are made by health care facilities during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be included in federal payment determinations under Medicare and Medicaid.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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