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HR 6716 116th Congress House Commerce Bankruptcy Business expenses Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government lending and loan guarantees Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Infectious and parasitic diseases Rural conditions and development Small business Wages and earnings

To amend the Small Business Act to include certain critical access hospitals in the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 5, 2020 Introduced by: Golden, Jared F. Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov
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May 5, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass critical access hospitals.

A critical access hospital is a hospital that, among other things, is located in a rural area, furnishes 24-7 emergency services, and has 25 or fewer inpatient beds.

What's happening now May 5, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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