[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4346]
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  SA 5453. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end, add the following:

     TITLE IX--COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

     SEC. 90001. FUNDING FOR PROVIDERS RELATING TO COVID-19.

       (a) Equity for Providers Serving Vulnerable Populations.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall distribute not less than 75 percent of any 
     unobligated funds in the Provider Relief Fund, including any 
     unobligated funds returned by or recouped from recipients of 
     past distributions from such Fund, to assisted living 
     facilities.
       (2) Eligible rural providers.--Of the amount distributed 
     under paragraph (1), not less than 20 percent shall be 
     distributed to assisted living facilities that are eligible 
     rural providers.
       (b) Limitations.--Payments made to an assisted living 
     facility under this section may not be used to reimburse any 
     expense or loss that--
       (1) has been reimbursed from another source; or
       (2) another source is obligated to reimburse.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Assisted living facility.--The term ``assisted living 
     facility'' has the meaning given such term in section 232(b) 
     of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715w(b)).
       (2) Eligible rural provider.--The term ``eligible rural 
     provider'' means--
       (A) an eligible health care provider as defined in section 
     1150C(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     26(e)(1)); or
       (B) an assisted living facility that provides services to 
     individuals whose place of residence immediately prior to the 
     individual relocating and establishing residence with the 
     assisted living facility was located in a rural area, as 
     defined by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in 
     accordance with the ``Response to Comments on Revised 
     Geographic Eligibility for Federal Office of Rural Health 
     Policy Grants'' promulgated by the Health Resources and 
     Services Administration on January 12, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 
     2418).
       (3) Payment.--The term ``payment'' includes, as determined 
     appropriate by the Secretary, a pre-payment, a prospective 
     payment, a retrospective payment, or a payment through a 
     grant or other mechanism.
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