S. 3559: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020
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S. 3559: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-03-21 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-03-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020
Plain summary
Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020 This bill establishes grant programs and other forms of financial assistance for health care providers in response to the national emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill establishes (1) a grant program to provide emergency assistance to critical access hospitals, certain rural hospitals, and providers participating in Medicare; (2) a grant program to provide emergency assistance to health care practices and ambulatory surgery centers for staff salaries; and (3) a loan program to provide low-interest loans to health care practices and ambulatory surgery centers. The bill also temporarily increases reimbursements to rural hospitals under the Medicare swing-bed program. (The program allows rural hospitals to use beds, as needed, for either acute care or skilled nursing facility care.)
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Official text
Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · 26 cosponsors
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John Barrasso (R-WY), Tina Smith (D-MN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Hoeven (R-ND), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] reported raising $226,248 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3559.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s3559 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116