,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cedg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ai1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,braun1   
and ,mr4 ,inhofe7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to waive     
limitations on expansion of facility    
capacity under rural provider and       
hospital exception to ownership or      
investment prohibition during           
coronavirus #bjbj emergency period4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,creating ,capacity for            
,communities in ,need ,act4  #b4 ,waiver
 of limitations on expansion of facility
 capacity under ,rural ,provider and    
,hospital ,exception to ,ownership or   
,investment ,prohibition during         
coronavirus #bjbj emergency period      
,section #ahgg7;i77#a77;,b7 of the      
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   

#acienn7i77#a77;,b77 is amended-- 7#a7  
by striking capacity4--,except as       
provided in paragraph 7#c71 the number  
and inserting capacity4--  7i7 ,in      
general ,except as provided in paragraph
 7#c7 and subject to clause 7ii71 the   
number  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new clause3  7ii7        
,exception during coronavirus #bjbj     
emergency period  7,i7 ,in general ,the 
limitation under clause 7i7 shall not   
apply with respect to any increase in   
the number of operating rooms1 procedure
 rooms1 or beds for which a hospital is 
licensed during the coronavirus #bjbj   
emergency period1 or for which the      
hospital begins construction during the 
coronavirus #bjbj emergency period      
regardless of whether the hospital is an
 applicable hospital 7as defined in     
paragraph 7#c77;,e77 or is a high       
,medicaid facility described in         
paragraph 7#c77;,f71 and the hospital's 
baseline number of operating rooms1     
procedure rooms1 and beds for purposes  

of compliance with this subparagraph    
shall be automatically modified to      
reflect such increase on a permanent    
basis4  7,,ii7 ,coronavirus #bjbj       
emergency period defined ,for purposes  
of this clause1 the coronavirus #bjbj   
emergency period is the period beginning
 on ,march #ac1 #bjbj1 and ending on the
 last day on which the emergency        
declared by the ,president under section
 #eja of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford      
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7  
with respect to ,,sars-,c#j,v-#b and    
coronavirus disease #bjai 7abbreviated  
as ,,covid-#ai7 is in effect4  4