# 116-hr-6803: Protecting Outpatient Access Act of 2020

116-hr-6803, Protecting Outpatient Access Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH); status Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6803
- Congress: 116
- Title: Protecting Outpatient Access Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- Introduced: 2020-05-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protecting Outpatient Access Act of 2020 This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass certain outpatient care centers that are affiliates of nonprofit hospitals. Such care centers include mental health and substance abuse centers, dialysis centers, health maintenance organization medical centers, and freestanding ambulatory surgical and emergency centers.

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- 116-hr-14: Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act
- 116-hr-8692: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the "Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office".
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8614: Home Educators are Teachers Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-6803 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6803)

## Related
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- [116-hr-8777: CCP Visa Disclosure Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8777)
- [116-hr-14: Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-14)
- [116-hr-8692: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Pe…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8692)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8614: Home Educators are Teachers Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8614)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6803 (as of 2025-11-18).