H1043 - 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act. (SL 2020-4)

Overview: Section 3.3 of S.L. 2020-4, as may have been amended by Section 3 of S.L. 2020-32, Section 4 of S.L. 2020-49, Section 1.1(d) of S.L. 2020-80, Section 3B(b) of S.L. 2020-88, and Section 4.9(a) of S.L. 2020-91, is amended by Section 1.1(d) of S.L. 2020-80 to add a new subsection (68) requiring the Office of State Budget and Management to allocate $7 million of the funds appropriated from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to be allocated as grants in equal amounts to the following hospitals: (i) Good Hope Hospital, Inc., (ii) Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, (iii) Cape Fear Valley Health Hoke Hospital, (iv) Catawba Valley Medical Center, (v) Davis Regional Medical Center, (vi) Carolinas Healthcare System Blue Ridge, and (vii) AdventHealth Hendersonville. These funds shall only be used to offset specified expenses incurred for providing patient care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

No later than December 1, 2020, each grant recipient shall submit a report to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, that contains a breakdown of all expenditures from the funds received and the total amount of funds received from the Provider Relief Fund provided for in P.L. 116-136 and any other COVID-19 recovery legislation or other legislation enacted by Congress during calendar year 2020 to support the national response to COVID-19.

This section became effective July 1, 2020.