[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2615. Mr. ENZI 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. __. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MEDICARE HOSPITAL ACCELERATED 
                   AND ADVANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAMS DURING THE COVID-
                   19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

       (a) Part A.--
       (1) Repayment periods.--Section 1815(f)(2)(C) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)) is amended--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``120 days'' and inserting 
     ``270 days''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``12 months'' and inserting 
     ``18 months''.
       (2) Authority for discretion.--Section 1815(f)(2)(A)(ii) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(A)(ii)) is 
     amended by inserting ``(or, with respect to requests 
     submitted to the Secretary on or after July 9, 2020, 
     may)''after ``shall.''.
       (b) Part B.--In carrying out the advance payments program 
     described in section 421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or a successor regulation), the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, in the case of a payment made 
     under such program during the emergency period described in 
     section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320b-5(g)(1)(B)), upon request of the supplier receiving 
     such payment, shall--
       (1) provide up to 270 days before claims are offset to 
     recoup the payment; and
       (2) allow not less than 14 months from the date of the 
     first advance payment before requiring that the outstanding 
     balance be paid in full.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136).
       (d) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement 
     the provisions of, and the amendments made by, this section 
     by program instruction or otherwise.
       (e) Emergency Designation.--
       (1) In general.--The amounts provided by this section and 
     the amendments made by this section are designated as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the 
     Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
       (2) Designation in senate.--In the Senate, this section and 
     the amendments made by this section are designated as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. 
     Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 2018.
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