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S 3547 116th Congress Senate

Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive limitations on expansion of facility capacity under rural provider and hospital exception to ow… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive limitations on expansion of facility capacity under rural provider and hospital exception to ownership or investment prohibition during coronavirus 2020 emergency period.

Introduced: September 8, 2020 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 19, 2020
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 Latest action March 19, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7168 Identical bill Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Sep 15, 2020
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Sep 8, 2020
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Mar 19, 2020
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Mar 19, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3547: Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3547/
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