,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ab1 #bjbj,mr4  
,balderson introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,small ,business  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to exempt certain ambulatory       
surgery and outpatient health centers   
from affiliation rules1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,outpatient ,access ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 
,exemption of certain outpatient health 
centers from affiliation rules under the
 ,paycheck ,protection ,program ,section
 #g7;a77#cf77;,d77iv7 of the ,small     
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcf7;a77#cf77;,d77iv77 is amended--    
7#a7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by striking   
and at the end2  7#b7 in subclause      
7,,iii71 by striking the period at the  
end and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by   
adding at the end the following new     
subclause3  7,,iv7 any business concern 

with not more than #ejj employees that1 
as of the date on which the covered loan
 is disbursed1 is assigned a ,north     
,american ,industry ,classification     
,system code of beginning with #fbadb or
 #fbadi1 and is an affiliate of a       
non-profit hospital4  4