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House Bill 6336
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Increasing Hospital Capacity to Fight the Coronavirus Act of 2020
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H. R. 6336 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6336


To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver of payment reductions under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for certain nonapproved capital expenditures undertaken by health care facilities during the COVID-19 emergency.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 23, 2020

Mr. Bishop of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Banks, and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was 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

A BILL

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver of payment reductions under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for certain nonapproved capital expenditures undertaken by health care facilities during the COVID-19 emergency.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Increasing Hospital Capacity to Fight the Coronavirus Act of 2020”.

SEC. 2. Providing for a waiver of payment reductions under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for certain nonapproved capital expenditures undertaken by health care facilities during the COVID-19 emergency.

(a) In general.—Section 1122(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–1(d)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting “or (3)” after “paragraph (2)”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) No payment reduction shall be made pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to an obligation for a capital expenditure made during the emergency period defined in section 1135(g)(1)(B).”.

(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that any State requirement relating to the approval of capital expenditures of health care facilities located in such State (commonly referred to as “certificate of need laws”) should be waived for the duration of the emergency period defined in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)).