Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 12, 2021)
Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act
This bill extends deadlines, expands the uses of, and makes other changes pertaining to the Provider Relief Fund. The fund reimburses health care providers for increased expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19.
Specifically, the bill extends the deadline by which providers must use any reimbursements they received in 2020 from the fund to the end of the COVID-19 emergency. Providers must use reimbursements received in the first half of 2021 by the end of the emergency or June 30, 2022, whichever is later.
Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must distribute the remaining provider relief funds by March 31, 2022. Providers must use these funds by June 30, 2023.
The bill also allows the use of the funds for workplace safety activities, such as hiring additional security personnel.
What just happenedNov 15, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 12, 2021
- Nov 15, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Nov 12, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Nov 12, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Nov 12, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Nov 12, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 12, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House