PPP for Critical Access Hospitals Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3907 To provide that all critical access hospitals are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 8, 2020 Ms. COLLINS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To provide that all critical access hospitals are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, 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 ‘‘PPP for Critical Ac- 4 cess Hospitals Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS IN 6 THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. 7 Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 8 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by adding at the end 9 the following: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:16 Jun 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3907.IS S3907 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3907 IS ‘‘(vii) INCLUSION OF CRITICAL ACCESS 1 HOSPITALS.—During the covered period, 2 any nonprofit organization that is a critical 3 access hospital (as defined in section 4 1861(mm) of the Social Security Act (42 5 U.S.C. 1395x(mm))) shall be eligible to re- 6 ceive a covered loan, regardless of the sta- 7 tus of such a hospital as a debtor in a case 8 under chapter 11 of title 11, Unites States 9 Code, or the status of any debts owed by 10 such a hospital to the Federal Govern- 11 ment.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:16 Jun 24, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3907.IS S3907 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS