,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1          
#bjbj,mrs4 ,hayes introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,appropriations  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide additional amounts  
to the ,public ,health and ,social      
,services ,emergency ,fund1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,helping       
,hospitals in ,need ,act4  #b4          
,additional funding for the ,public     
,health and ,social ,services ,emergency
 ,fund  7a7 ,additional appropriation   
,there is hereby appropriated1 out of   
any amounts in the ,treasury not        
otherwise appropriated1 #ajj1jjj1jjj1jjj
 for an additional amount for           
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services--,office of the               
,secretary--,public ,health and ,social 
,services ,emergency ,fund1 to be merged
 with amounts made available to such    
account by division ,b of the           

,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1 and         
,economic ,security ,act 7,public ,law  
#aaf-acf74  7b7 ,purposes of funds ,the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall seek to obligate and    
expend the amount appropriated by       
subsection 7a7 in a manner that         
prioritizes funding for-- 7#a7 hospitals
 and health care providers that the     
,secretary determines serve a high      
proportion of uninsured or low income   
patients1 including based on-- 7,a7     
whether the hospital has received       
disproportionate share hospital payments
 under section #ahhf7r7 of the ,social  
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww7  
with respect to fiscal year #bjai2  7,b7
 whether the hospital has received      
disproportionate share hospital payments
 under section #aibe of such ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #acifr-#f7 with respect to    
fiscal year #bjai2 and  7,c7 any other  
factors specified by the ,secretary1    
including whether the hospital is       
identified as a safety-net hospital by  

the ,national ,academy of ,medicine2 and
  7#b7 ,states1 including the ,district 
of ,columbia and the territories or     
possessions of the ,united ,states1 that
 the ,secretary1 in coordination with   
the ,director of the ,centers for       
,disease ,control and ,prevention1      
determines to have the highest per      
capita hospitalization rates for        
confirmed cases of ,,covid-#ai4