Helping Hospitals in Need Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6605 To provide additional amounts to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 23, 2020 Mrs. HAYES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To provide additional amounts to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Hospitals in 4 Need Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH 6 AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND. 7 (a) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.—There is hereby 8 appropriated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not oth- 9 erwise appropriated, $100,000,000,000 for an additional 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Apr 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6605.IH H6605 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6605 IH amount for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv- 1 ices—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social 2 Services Emergency Fund’’, to be merged with amounts 3 made available to such account by division B of the 4 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub- 5 lic Law 116–136). 6 (b) PURPOSES OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Health 7 and Human Services shall seek to obligate and expend the 8 amount appropriated by subsection (a) in a manner that 9 prioritizes funding for— 10 (1) hospitals and health care providers that the 11 Secretary determines serve a high proportion of un- 12 insured or low income patients, including based on— 13 (A) whether the hospital has received dis- 14 proportionate share hospital payments under 15 section 1886(r) of the Social Security Act (42 16 U.S.C. 1395ww) with respect to fiscal year 17 2019; 18 (B) whether the hospital has received dis- 19 proportionate share hospital payments under 20 section 1925 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–6) 21 with respect to fiscal year 2019; and 22 (C) any other factors specified by the Sec- 23 retary, including whether the hospital is identi- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Apr 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6605.IH H6605 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6605 IH fied as a ‘‘safety-net hospital’’ by the National 1 Academy of Medicine; and 2 (2) States, including the District of Columbia 3 and the territories or possessions of the United 4 States, that the Secretary, in coordination with the 5 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- 6 vention, determines to have the highest per capita 7 hospitalization rates for confirmed cases of COVID– 8 19. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Apr 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6605.IH H6605 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS