[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6803 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6803

 To amend the Small Business Act to exempt certain ambulatory surgery 
  and outpatient health centers from affiliation rules, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2020

Mr. Balderson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Small Business Act to exempt certain ambulatory surgery 
  and outpatient health centers from affiliation rules, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Protecting Outpatient Access Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTPATIENT HEALTH CENTERS FROM AFFILIATION 
              RULES UNDER THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.

    Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iv) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)(D)(iv)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(IV) any business concern with 
                                not more than 500 employees that, as of 
                                the date on which the covered loan is 
                                disbursed, is assigned a North American 
                                Industry Classification System code of 
                                beginning with 62142 or 62149, and is 
                                an affiliate of a non-profit 
                                hospital.''.
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