United States · Bill · S
S. 3547 (116th)
Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act
Introduced
19 March 2020
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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10 December 2025
Summary
Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act This bill provides for an exception, during the national emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that prohibit physician-owned hospitals from expanding facility capacity. Specifically, the bill excludes from such restrictions any increase in operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds for which a hospital is licensed or begins construction during the period of March 13, 2020, through the last day of the national emergency.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 March 2020
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 March 2020
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 19 March 2020
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3547
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3547