,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fccf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,bishop of ,north ,carolina 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,banks1 and ,mr4 ,budd7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title ,,xi of the ,social         
,security ,act to provide for a waiver  
of payment reductions under the         
,medicare and ,medicaid programs for    
certain nonapproved capital expenditures
 undertaken by health care facilities   
during the ,,covid-#ai emergency4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,increasing ,hospital ,capacity to  
,fight the ,coronavirus ,act of #bjbj4  
#b4 ,providing for a waiver of payment  

reductions under the ,medicare and      
,medicaid programs for certain          
nonapproved capital expenditures        
undertaken by health care facilities    
during the ,,covid-#ai emergency  7a7   
,in general ,section #aabb7;d7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acbj;a-#a7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7 in    
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting or 7#c7    
after paragraph 7#b72 and  7#b7 by      
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#c7 ,no payment reduction  
shall be made pursuant to paragraph 7#a7
 with respect to an obligation for a    
capital expenditure made during the     
emergency period defined in section     
#aace7;g77#a77;,b74  4  7b7 ,sense of   
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that any ,state requirement relating to 
the approval of capital expenditures of 
health care facilities located in such  
,state 7commonly referred to as         
certificate of need laws7 should be     
waived for the duration of the emergency
 period defined in section              

#aace7;g77#a77;,b7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acbj;b-#e7;g77#a77;,b774