Save Our Rural Health Providers Act
United States116th CongressS-3823Senate
Updated: May 21, 2020
Summary
Save Our Rural Health Providers Act This bill requires a specific portion of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to be allocated to rural health care providers responding to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires that at least 20% of future appropriations and the unobligated balance of prior appropriations to the fund relating to COVID-19 provider assistance be reserved for rural health care providers, with priority given to providers serving a high number of Medicare or Medicaid enrollees, elderly or other high-risk individuals, uninsured individuals, or areas with limited health infrastructure.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
HR-7004: Save Our Rural Health Providers ActReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Introduced in Senate
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