S.Amdt. 2612

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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