H.R. 5963: Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act
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H.R. 5963: Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-11-12 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-11-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act
Plain summary
Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act This bill extends deadlines, expands the uses of, and makes other changes pertaining to the Provider Relief Fund. The fund reimburses health care providers for increased expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19. Specifically, the bill extends the deadline by which providers must use any reimbursements they received in 2020 from the fund to the end of the COVID-19 emergency. Providers must use reimbursements received in the first half of 2021 by the end of the emergency or June 30, 2022, whichever is later. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must distribute the remaining provider relief funds by March 31, 2022. Providers must use these funds by June 30, 2023. The bill also allows the use of the funds for workplace safety activities, such as hiring additional security personnel.
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Official text
Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] · 23 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Grace Meng (D-NY), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Garamendi (D-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5963.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr5963 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117