,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjbj,mr4 
,guest 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,sewell of    
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,hagedorn1 ,mr4 ,thompson
 of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,north
 ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,byrne1 ,mr4 ,kelly of 
,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,williams1 ,mr4      
,harris1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4 ,roe of        
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,steube1 ,mr4 ,stewart1
 ,mr4 ,lucas1 ,mr4 ,kustoff of          
,tennessee1 and ,mr4 ,palazzo7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,small ,business ,act to include        
hospitals serving rural areas or areas  
of persistent poverty in the paycheck   
protection program1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,ppp ,access for   
,rural ,hospitals ,act4  #b4 ,inclusion 
of critical care hospitals in the       
paycheck protection program  7a7        
,eligibility of hospitals with more than

 one physical location ,section         
#g7;a77#cf77;,d77iii7 of the ,small     
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcf7;a77#cf77;,d77iii77 is amended by  
striking beginning with #gb and         
inserting the following3 beginning with 
#gb 7or1 in the case of a critical care 
hospital1 is assigned a ,north ,american
 ,industry ,classification ,system code 
beginning with #fb74  7b7 ,waiver of    
affiliation rules ,section              
#g7;a77#cf77;,d77iv77,i7 of the ,small  
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcf7;a77#cf77;,d77iv77,i77 is amended  
by striking beginning with #gb and      
inserting the following3 beginning with 
#gb 7or1 in the case of a critical care 
hospital1 is assigned a ,north ,american
 ,industry ,classification ,system code 
beginning with #fb74  7c7 ,critical care
 hospitals defined ,section             
#g7;a77#cf77;,d7 of the ,small ,business
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7;a77#cf77;,d77
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following new clause3  7vii7 ,critical  

care hospital defined ,in this clause1  
the term critical care hospital means a 
hospital 7as defined in section         
#ahfa7;e7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7e777 that-- 7,i7  
is located in a county 7or equivalent   
unit of local government7 in a rural    
area1 as defined in section             
#ahhf7;d77#b77;,d7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acieww7d77#b77;,d771 is treated as     
being located in a rural area pursuant  
to section #ahhf7;d77#h77;,e7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                     
#acieww7d77#h77;,e771 or is a critical  
access hospital1 as defined in section  
#ahfa7mm77#a7 of such ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7mm77#a772 or  7,,ii7   
for the most recent cost reporting      
period under section #ahhf7;d7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acieww7d771 received an additional     
payment under section #ahhf7;d77#e77;,f7
 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#acieww7d77#e77;,f774  4