S.Amdt. 5453

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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