S.Amdt. 2615

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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