[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2493 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2493

   To extend the deadline for eligible health care providers to use 
certain funds received from the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2021

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To extend the deadline for eligible health care providers to use 
certain funds received from the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund, 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 ``Provider Relief Fund Deadline 
Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR ELIGIBLE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO USE 
              CERTAIN FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE COVID-19 PROVIDER RELIEF 
              FUND.

    (a) Extension of Deadline.--
            (1) Payment received period 1.--Effective June 29, 2021, 
        the deadline by which an eligible health care provider is 
        required to use such reimbursements from the Provider Relief 
        Fund received by such provider during the covered payment 
        received period shall be extended until the later of--
                    (A) the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency 
                period; or
                    (B) December 31, 2021.
            (2) Adjustment of reporting time period.--The Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services shall make appropriate adjustments to 
        the reporting time period established by the Secretary that is 
        applicable to eligible health care providers with respect to 
        the use of reimbursements from the Provider Relief Fund 
        received during the covered payment received period to reflect 
        the deadline established in paragraph (1) for the use of such 
        reimbursements received during such covered payment received 
        period.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered payment received period.--The term ``covered 
        payment received period'' means, with respect to the Payment 
        Received Periods referred to in the Provider Relief Fund 
        Guidance, the payments beginning on April 10, 2020, and ending 
        on June, 30, 2020.
            (2) COVID-19 public health emergency period.--The term 
        ``COVID-19 public health emergency period'' means the emergency 
        period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)).
            (3) Eligible health care provider.--The term ``eligible 
        health care provider'' has the meaning given such term in the 
        third proviso of the third paragraph under the heading 
        ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of the 
        Secretary--Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' 
        in division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
            (4) Provider relief fund.--The term ``Provider Relief 
        Fund'' means the program to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
        to COVID-19, domestically or internationally, for necessary 
        expenses to reimburse, through grants or other mechanisms, 
        eligible health care providers for health care related expenses 
        or lost revenues that are attributable to COVID-19 for which 
        appropriations are made--
                    (A) under the heading ``Department of Health and 
                Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health 
                and Social Services Emergency Fund'' in title VIII of 
                division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136); and
                    (B) under the heading ``Department of Health and 
                Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health 
                and Social Services Emergency Fund'' in title I of 
                division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and 
                Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139).
            (5) Provider relief fund guidance.--The term ``Provider 
        Relief Fund Guidance'' means the guidance titled, ``Provider 
        Relief Fund General and Targeted Distribution Post-Payment 
        Notice of Reporting Requirement'', and issued by the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services on June 11, 2021.
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