S 3547
116th Congress
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Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 19, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act
This bill provides for an exception, during the national emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity.
Specifically, the bill excludes from such restrictions any increase in operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds for which a hospital is licensed or begins construction during the period of March 13, 2020, through the last day of the national emergency.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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