[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2612. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to 
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and 
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INCLUSION OF CRITICAL CARE HOSPITALS IN THE PAYCHECK 
                   PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) Eligibility of Hospitals With More Than One Physical 
     Location.--Section 7(a)(36)(D)(iii) of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)(iii)) is amended by striking 
     ``beginning with 72'' and inserting the following: 
     ``beginning with 72 (or, in the case of a critical care 
     hospital, is assigned a North American Industry 
     Classification System code beginning with 62)''.
       (b) Waiver of Affiliation Rules.--Section 
     7(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(36)(D)(iv)(I)) is amended by striking ``beginning with 
     72'' and inserting the following: ``beginning with 72 (or, in 
     the case of a critical care hospital, is assigned a North 
     American Industry Classification System code beginning with 
     62)''.
       (c) Critical Care Hospitals Defined.--Section 7(a)(36)(D) 
     of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vii) Critical care hospital defined.--In this 
     subparagraph, the term `critical care hospital' means--

       ``(I) a hospital (as defined in section 1861(e) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e))) that--

       ``(aa) is located in a county (or equivalent unit of local 
     government) in a rural area, as defined in section 
     1886(d)(2)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(2)(D));
       ``(bb) is treated as being located in a rural area pursuant 
     to section 1886(d)(8)(E) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395ww(d)(8)(E)); or
       ``(cc) for the most recent cost reporting period under 
     section 1886(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)), received 
     an additional payment under section 1886(d)(5)(F) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(F)); and

       ``(II) a nonprofit or public critical access hospital, as 
     defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1395x(mm)(1)).''.

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