# 116-hr-6605: Helping Hospitals in Need Act

116-hr-6605, Helping Hospitals in Need Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT); status Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6605
- Congress: 116
- Title: Helping Hospitals in Need Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
- Introduced: 2020-04-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Helping Hospitals in Need Act This bill provides additional appropriations for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for (1) hospitals and health care providers that serve a high proportion of uninsured or low-income patients, and (2) states and territories that have the highest per capita hospitalization rates for confirmed cases of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2020-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8820: PASS Act
- 116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
- 116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8171: Save our Social Security Now Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6605 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6605)

## Related
- [116-hr-8820: PASS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8820)
- [116-hr-8782: Keeping All Students Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8782)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8433)
- [116-hr-8171: Save our Social Security Now Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8171)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6605 (as of 2025-11-18).