Small Business Thread - Advice for Navigating Covid-19

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  1. Oranjello

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    The phase 3 law passed the senate and is off to the house, likely to be passed within days. If your business is teetering, I would suggest sitting tight over the next few days as the ~883 page bill is unpacked. I’ve glanced through it and it’s going to be a very substantial benefit, but people need a bit of time to understand the mechanics.

    I’m about to sink my teeth into the language of the bill so as to educate my firm and will chime in on occasion, but will be very busy over the next few days. And obviously you should consult your own advisors and anything I say is not legal advice.
     
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    Any insight is appreciated. Our projected revenue is only down about 15-20% as people are still drinking... where we are fucked is with keg inventory that will go out of code as well as receivables that we will either see delayed or never see when customers inevitably don’t make it through this. Whatever we can make up in reimbursement from operational costs we can use to offset.
     
  3. NYGator

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    That’s not clear yet, but the language I saw was comparing payrolls from this year over that period to last year. Also there is a threshold for being eligible. You don’t need to have exactly the same amount, but the benefit decreases based on the percentage retention and cuts off entirely at the threshold.
     
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  4. Oranjello

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    Maybe reach out to your state/local regulator for a waiver? May be worth a shot if you have the time. Buddy of mine is a beer distributor in a hurricane-prone area and just making $$$$. As he put it, "it's like a 3 week hurricane" and people are just stocking up
     
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  5. Oranjello

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    Also, if any of you are thinking about reaching out to your attorney about the stimulus, which I recommend you do if what you need help with gets complicated, I would suggest asking specific questions. Rather than asking about "what do I qualify for under the new law," ask something more specific like "how do I obtain this SBA loan?" Presumably a lot of law firms are inundated with questions from clients right now, and personally I am putting the ones who ask generally "what do I qualify for" off to next week and answering specific questions first. Will probably get you a quicker answer and help with immediate needs.
     
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  7. NYGator

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    I should be getting a lot of webinars's today on what it all means. i will post links for you guys to be able to attend.
     
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    In addition to the payroll tax credit under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the employee retention tax credit under the CARES Act, it looks like the CARES Act has a provision that essentially allows employers to pay up to $5,250 towards an employee's student loan debt and it's tax free to the employer and employee.

    So if you have employees with student loans, it could be very valuable to them from a tax and withholding perspective. The only catch is they can't deduct the student loan interest on their taxes, but with the standard deduction being so high, they might not be itemizing anyway.
     
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    You don't have to itemize to deduct student loan interest
     
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    Paycheck Protection: Forgiveness For Small Business Loans for Keeping Employees: The bill creates a “paycheck protection program” for small employers, self-employed individuals, and “gig economy” workers, with $350 billion to help prevent workers from losing their jobs and small businesses from going under due to economic losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Paycheck Protection Program” would provide 8 weeks of cash-flow assistance through 100 percent federally guaranteed loans to small employers who maintain their payroll during this emergency. If the employer maintains payroll, the portion of the loans used for covered payroll costs, interest on mortgage obligations, rent, and utilities would be forgiven, which would help workers to remain employed and affected small businesses and our economy to recover quickly from this crisis. This proposal would be retroactive to February 15, 2020, to help bring workers who may have already been laid off back onto payrolls.
     
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  12. Oranjello

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    Need to read the text, but this student loan provision is arguably superfluous in light of this being a qualified disaster and IRC Section 139. Will be interesting to look into.
     
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    Yes, this is great. I posted it yesterday int he corona thread. Also you can take out money from your 401K without penalty under many circumstances.
     
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    The stimulus package is about to pass and we will be offering a webinar tomorrow at 12 PM (noon) to review what this means for your business.

    We are currently reviewing the CARES Act details that pertain to the SBA EIDL and bolstered SBA programs which have been put in place to service business owners across America at this time of need.

    REGISTER HERE or BELOW

    Webinar Agenda:
    · SBA emergency loan status - after CARES Act approval

    · Existing SBA program initiatives - after CARES Act approval

    · Importance of filing 2019 returns

    · Do you have liquidity you can leverage?

    · Calculating Operating Expenses (6 mos. burn rate)

    · Online loans to watch out for and stay away from

    REGISTER


    We encourage you to continue to visit our community group to ask questions and share what you know with others. https://tribe.multifunding.com/



    Stay well,

    Ami
     
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    Here is another 22 page summary of the CARES bill. I removed any references to things that came after the airline bailout as they likely aren't relevant here, but let me know if you need them.

    CARES Act Summary

    Congress has completed two rounds of legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis. These include an $8.3 billion supplemental appropriation (round 1) signed into law on March 6, as well as the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (round 2), which President Trump signed into law on March

    18. The third round, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), is a $2 trillion package that includes significant expansions in small business

    lending, unemployment insurance, tax relief to individuals and employers, health care measures, $500 billion in economic stabilization funds, $274 billion in emergency appropriations, and other measures aimed at combating the COVID-19 health care and economic crisis. Following tonight’s Senate vote, it will be considered by the House and is expected to become law.

    Provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

    Small Business (Title I)

    Section 1102 of the CARES Act expands both lender and borrower eligibility for 7(a) loans, and provides more protections for lenders. It also authorizes $349,000,000,000 for the expanded Section 7(a) loan program. The Section 1102 changes to the 7(a) loan program are in effect from February 20, 2020 – June 30, 2020.


    · Expansion of small business eligibility. Companies with the greater of no more than (i) 500 employees, or (ii) their applicable employee size standard for their North American Industrial Classification System, are eligible for loans under this program. The number of employees includes both full-time and part-time employees. If a company that falls under NAICS Code 72 (accommodations and food service) has multiple locations, the 500 employee limit applies to each location. Notably, the Act is silent on companies with revenue-based size standards.


    The bill suspends the SBA’s affiliation rules but only for companies in NAICS Code 72.


    Small businesses who have alternate sources of credit are still eligible for these loans, and the fact that a company has a pre- existing emergency loan will not impact eligibility under the expanded 7(a) program so long as the pre-existing loan was not used for payroll purposes.


    · Loan terms. The Act contains a formula for calculating loan amounts. The maximum loan is the lesser of:


    o For companies that have been in business for a year: The average monthly payroll for the preceding 12 months multiplied by 2.5 plus any pre-existing emergency loan; for companies that were not in business before the period February 15, 2019 – June 30, 2019: The average monthly


    payroll for the period January 1, 2020 through February 29, 2020 multiplied by 2.5;


    OR


    o $10,000,000.00.

    · The loan proceeds may only be used for payroll, group health benefits, salary and employee commissions, interest on mortgages, rent, utilities, and interest on debt incurred before February 15, 2020.


    · Interest rates cannot exceed four percent.

    · Delegates authority to lenders to make determinations on borrower eligibility and creditworthiness without going through standard SBA’s channels.


    · New lenders are invited to join the program and will be provided the same authorities as existing lenders.


    · Requirements will be amended to determine eligibility based upon COVID-19 funding limitations, not repayment ability.


    · Limits a borrower from receiving this assistance and an economic injury disaster loan through SBA for the same purpose, with limited exceptions.


    · Waives collateral and personal guarantee requirements under SBA 7(a)program.

    · Increases the maximum loan for an SBA Express loan from

    $350,000 to $1 million through December 31, 2020, after which point the Express loan will have a maximum of $500,000.


    · Borrower shall be eligible for loan forgiveness equal to the amount spent by the borrower during an 8-week period after the origination date of the loan on payroll costs, interest payment on any mortgage, and select other expenses impacted by COVID-19

    · Amounts that can be forgiven include payroll costs up to

    $100,000, plus payment of interest on any covered mortgage obligation plus any payment on any covered rent obligation and any covered utility payment.


    · The amount forgiven will be reduced proportionally by a reduction of employees according to a specific formula and encourages employers to rehire any employees who have already been laid off due to the COVID-19 crisis without penalty


    · The Act requires the Senate to Administer guidance to lenders and agents to ensure that the processing and disbursement of covered loans prioritizes small business concerns and entities in

    underserved and rural markets, including veterans and members



    of the military community, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.


    The final bill dropped language from previous Senate versions of the bill that would have provided payment and performance relief to small and non-profit government contractors and otherwise protected their contracts from cancellation or re-solicitation.


    Unemployment Insurance Plus provisions (Title II, Subtitle A) Unemployment Insurance: ($260 billion)

    · Creates a temporary Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program beginning January 27, 2020 through December 31, 2020, to provide payment to those not traditionally eligible for unemployment benefits (self-employed, independent contractors, seeking part-time employment, those with limited work history, and others) who are unable to work as a direct result of the coronavirus public health emergency.


    · A covered individual is one who is not eligible for regular compensation or extended benefits under state or federal law, and self-certifies that he or she is otherwise able to work but is unable to do so for reasons related to the impacts of COVID-19 on the individual, the individual’s family, the individual’s place of work, movement restrictions, and more.


    · Provides payment to states to reimburse nonprofits, government agencies, and Indian tribes for half of the costs they incur through December 31, 2020 to pay unemployment benefits.


    · Provides an additional $600 per week payment to each recipient of unemployment insurance or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance recipient for up to four months.


    · Provides funding to pay the cost of the first week of unemployment benefits through December 31, 2020 for states that choose to pay recipients as soon as they become unemployed instead of waiting one week before the individual is eligible to receive unemployment benefits.


    · Provides an additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits through December 31, 2020 to help those who remain unemployed after weeks of state unemployment are no longer available.


    · Provides funding to support “short-time compensation” programs, where employers reduce employee’s hours instead of laying off workers and the employees with reduced hours receive a pro- rated unemployment benefit. This provision would pay 100 percent of the costs they incur in providing short-time compensation through December 31, 2020.



    · Temporarily eliminates the 7-day waiting period for railroad unemployment insurance benefits through December 31, 2020 (to make this program consistent with the change made for states through the same period in an earlier section of this title).


    · Gives the Secretary of Labor the ability to issue operating instructions or other guidance as necessary in order to implement this subtitle, as well as allows the Department of Labor to waive Paperwork Reduction Act requirements, speeding up their ability to gather necessary information from states.

    Rebates and Tax Policies for Individuals (Title II, Subtitle B)

    · Eligible individuals entitled to recover rebate of $1,200 ($2,400 for married couples) plus an additional $500 for each child. Gradual phase out for those reporting adjusted gross income of $75,000 ($150,000 for married) and greater.


    · Temporarily waives the existing 10% penalty for early withdrawals from qualified retirement plans up to $100,000. Increases amounts that can be taken on loan from qualified employer plans from $50,000 to $100,000.


    · Temporarily waives the minimum distribution requirements for pension plans.


    · Increases the limitations on deductions for cash charitable contributions by individuals and corporations.


    · Eliminates employee income tax liability when employers make payments (up to $5,250) to pay off employees student loans.


    Business Tax (Title II, Subtitle C)

    · Provides an employee retention credit for eligible employers. Credit is 50% of qualified wages (limited to $10,000 per employee, per quarter) and is limited further limited by to employment taxes, but is thereafter refundable. Qualified wages include health plan expenses.


    · Provides for deferral of payment of the 6.2 percent payroll tax paid by both employers and self-employed individuals for the Social Security Trust Fund.


    · Relaxes the rules on the limitations on the use of net operating losses. Businesses can carry back losses for five years and removes the taxable income limitation for carry forwards.


    · Accelerates the ability for corporations to use Alternative Minimum tax credits and allowing businesses to claim a credit as a result.



    · Temporarily increases the amount of interest expenses businesses are allowed to deduct from the current 30 percent limitation to 50 percent.


    · Enables businesses to immediately write off the costs of qualified improvement property.


    · Temporarily suspends excise tax for alcohol used to produce hand sanitizer.


    Health Care Supply (Title III, Subtitle A, Part I)

    · Requires the Department to contract with the National Academies of Science to perform a study and report on the medical product supply chain within 60 days. The report will assess and evaluate the dependence of the private sector, state, and federal government on critical drugs and devices that are sourced or manufactured outside the U.S.


    · Requires the strategic national stockpile to include personal protective equipment, ancillary medical supplies, and other applicable supplies required for the administration of drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, and diagnostic tests.


    · A respiratory protective device that is approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and determined by the Secretary to be a priority for use in a public health emergency is considered a covered medical countermeasure.


    · Requires the FDA to prioritize and expedite reviews of drug applications and any inspections necessary to mitigate or prevent drug shortages.


    · Expands drug manufacturer reporting requirements to include active pharmaceutical ingredients in the event of an interruption or permanent discontinuance in the manufacture of an active pharmaceutical ingredient if that is likely to lead to a meaningful disruption in the supply of the ingredient of a drug needed to protect the public health during a public health emergency, or a drug that is life-sustaining, life-supporting, or intended for use in the prevention or treatment of a debilitating disease or condition. It also requires manufacturers to develop risk management plans.


    · Requires manufacturers of medical devices that are critical to the public health during a public health emergency are life-supporting or life-sustaining to report certain discontinuances or interruption of the manufacture of the device that is likely to disrupt the supply of the device.



    · Requires manufacturers of devices critical to the public health (i.e., those life-supporting or sustaining) to notify the Secretary of HHS of any permanent or temporary interruption in manufacture of the device and; creates an expedited pathway for device consideration and facility inspection of a facility to mitigate such a shortage; establishes a public list of devices that are or may be in shortage.

    COVID-19 Testing and Provider Provisions (Title III, Subtitle A, Part II)

    · Amends the definition of a COVID-19 diagnostic test as contained in the recently-enacted Family First Act (H.R. 6201) to provide more specificity.


    · Sets the price during the public health emergency period that a commercial insurer (both ERISA and non-ERISA) will pay for a COVID-19 diagnostic test as follows: (1) an existing negotiated rate if the insurer and manufacturer have one in effect, or (2) the cash price for the test as published on a website (the case price may be negotiated between a plan and a provider). Manufacturers are required to publish such cash price or incur a Civil Monetary Penalty of $300/day.


    · Requires commercial insurers (ERISA and non-ERISA) to cover without cost-sharing “qualifying coronavirus preventive services” defined as preventive services with an A or B rating from the USPSTF and vaccines listed by the CDC within 15 days of the rating or listing.


    · Authorizes and appropriates $1.32 billion for community health centers for the detection, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19 disease. These amounts are in addition to regular appropriations, the ACA appropriations, and the $100 million contained in the first Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.


    · Expands grant funding for evidence-based telehealth networks and telehealth technologies by $29 million for each fiscal year from 2021 through 2025.


    · Expands rural health care services by $79.5 million for each fiscal year from 2021 through 2025.


    · Makes extensive technical changes to update the authorization and response authority of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and Ready Reserve.


    · Pre-empts State law to provide liability protection (immunity) to any volunteer health professional for harm caused by simple negligence in providing in good faith treatment in response to and during the COVID-19 public health emergency.



    · Allows patients to give a broad authorization to share their records. Once that is granted, HIPAA will govern those records. However, patients can revoke their authorization, and the bill retains restrictions on law enforcement use on the records.


    · Certain nutrition requirements under the Older Americans Act meal programs would be waived during the COVID-19 public health emergency to ensure seniors can receive meals.


    · Individuals participating in projects can extend their participation and increase the average participation cap for eligible individuals to ensure continuity of services during the COVID-19 emergency.


    · Directs HHS to issue guidance on the sharing of protected health insurance information during the COVID-19 emergency period.


    · Appropriates $125.5 million in funding for each fiscal year from 2021 through 2025 for the Healthy Start program to help reduce infant mortality and address health disparities.




    Research and Innovation (Title III, Subtitle A, Part III)

    · Removes limitations and grant cap ($100 million) on other arrangements (beyond contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, etc.) between the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and external entities in the development of medical countermeasures during a public health emergency.


    · Accelerates consideration of a new animal drug if that drug alone or, in combination with another drug, has the potential to treat an animal disease that could cause serious illness in humans.


    Health Care Workforce (Title III, Subtitle A, Part IV)

    · Makes extensive changes to Title VII of the PHSA, which authorizes various Allied Health programs administered by HRSA. In general, the section is reducing various authorized funding levels.


    · Requires the Secretary of HHS to develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan and report concerning the health care workforce development programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, including education and training programs.


    · Amends Title VIII of the PHSA to authorize grants for the establishment or operation of Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Programs.


    · Makes extensive changes to Title VIII of the PHSA, which authorizes nursing workforce programs. In general, this section is reducing authorized levels, creating new demonstrations,



    allowing nursing retention grants, and creating a clinical nurse specialist activity.


    Education (Title III, Subtitle B)

    · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant: Allows institutions to award additional SEOG funds to students impacted by COVID-19.


    · Pell Grants: The Secretary shall exclude from a student’s Federal Pell Grant duration limit any semester that the student does not complete due to COVID-19. For students who dropped out of school as a result of COVID-19 excludes the term from counting toward lifetime Pell eligibility.


    · Institutional Waivers: The Secretary shall waive the institutional requirement with respect to the amount of grant or loan assistance to be returned under such section if a recipient of assistance withdraws from the institution of higher education during the payment period or period of enrollment as a result of a qualifying emergency.


    · Canceling loan obligation: Cancels a borrower’s obligation to repay the entire portion of a loan associated with a payment period for a recipient of such loan who withdraws from the institution of higher education during the payment period as a result of a qualifying emergency.


    · Temporary Relief for Federal Student Loan Borrowers:

    o Suspends all payments due for loans made under the Higher Education Act for 6 months, during which interest will not accrue.

    o The Secretary has directed the Office of Federal Student Aid to halt all collection actions and wage garnishment for borrowers for a 60-day period, beginning March 13, 2020.

    o In addition, the Secretary now must notify impacted borrowers of the changes no later than 15 days after enactment. As well, beginning August 1, the Secretary must alert student loan borrowers no less than 6 times – via postal mail, telephone or electronically – that payment obligations will resume on October 1, 2020.

    · For employers who provide student loan repayment benefits to employees, those benefits made following the date of enactment of this legislation through December 31, 2020 can do so on a tax- free basis and will be excluded from the employee’s income. The annual $5250 benefit cap includes educational assistance such as tuition, fees and books.


    Labor (Title III, Subtitle C)


    · Creates a limitation on Paid Family and Medical Leave under the Families First Act, stating an employer shall not be required to pay more than $200 per day and $10,000 in the aggregate for each employee under this section. Creates a limitation stating an



    employer shall not be required to pay more than $511 per day and $5,110 in the aggregate for sick leave or more than $200 per day and $2,000 in the aggregate to care for a quarantined individual or child for each employee under this section.


    · Allows an employee who was laid off by an employer March 1, 2020, or later to have access to paid family and medical leave in certain instances if they are rehired by the employer.


    · Employee would have had to work for the employer at least 30 days prior to being laid off.


    · Allows employers to receive an advance tax credit from Treasury instead of having to be reimbursed on the back end.


    · Provides single employer pension plan companies with more time to meet their funding obligations by delaying the due date for any contribution otherwise due during 2020 until January 1, 2021. At that time, contributions due earlier would be due with interest.

    Telehealth and Access (Title III, Subtitle D)

    · Includes a safe harbor for high deductible health plans that begin on or before December 31, 2021, that provide pre-deductible coverage for telehealth and other remote care services.


    · Eliminates the requirement under Section 9003 of the ACA that permitted the use of HSAs to prescribed medicines or drugs, meaning an individual would no longer need a prescription for drugs or medicines to receive preferred tax treatment under an HSA This change would apply for amounts paid or expenses incurred after December 31, 2019.


    · Eliminates the requirement in Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-123) that limits the COVID-19 Medicare telehealth expansion authority during the COVID-19 emergency to situations where the physician or other professional has treated the patient in the past three years. This would enable beneficiaries to access telehealth, including in their home, from a broader range of providers, reducing COVID-19 exposure.


    · Allows, during the COVID-19 outbreak, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics to furnish telehealth services to beneficiaries in their home or other settings. Medicare would reimburse for these services at a composite rate similar to payment provided for comparable telehealth services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.


    · Eliminates a requirement during the COVID-19 outbreak that a nephrologist conducts some of the required periodic evaluations



    of a patient on home dialysis face-to-face, allowing these vulnerable beneficiaries to get more care in the safety of their home.


    · As determined by the HHS Secretary, during the emergency period, a physician or nurse practitioner may conduct a face-to- face encounter via telehealth.


    · Directs the HHS Secretary to consider ways to encourage the use of telecommunications systems, including for remote patient monitoring during the emergency period by clarifying guidance and through outreach as appropriate.


    · Allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and other professionals to order home health services for beneficiaries, reducing delays and increasing beneficiary access to care in the safety of their home.


    · Provides prompt economic assistance to health care providers on the front lines fighting the COVID-19 virus, helping them to furnish needed care to affected patients.


    · Increases the payment that would otherwise be made to a hospital for treating a patient admitted with COVID-19 by 20 percent and clarifies a state’s ability to make a similar adjustment under its Medicaid program. It would build on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decision to expedite the use of a COVID-19 diagnosis to enable better surveillance as well as trigger appropriate payment for these complex patients.


    · Allows inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to waive The “3- hour rule,” which requires the IRF inpatient to be able to participate in three hours of rehabilitation therapy per day, five days per week, or 15 hours of rehabilitation therapy over one week.


    · Prevents a scheduled decrease in payment amounts for DME, which helps patients transition from hospital to home and remain in their home, through the length of COVID-19 public health emergency.


    · Ensures that access to testing and a coronavirus vaccine (once one is licensed) would be quickly covered without cost-sharing permanently, including under Medicare Advantage.


    · Requires Medicare Prescription Drug (P.D.) Plans and M.A.–P.D. plans to Allow During the COVID-19 Emergency Period for Fills and Refills of Covered Part D Drugs for up to a 3-month supply.



    · Allows state Medicaid programs to pay for direct support professionals, including caregivers trained to assist with activities of daily living for disabled individuals in the hospital to reduce the length of stay and free up beds.


    · Expands coverage without cost-sharing provisions included in

    H.R. 6201 for those under Medicaid to experimental COVID in- vitro diagnostic products.


    · Prevents scheduled reductions in Medicare payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests furnished to beneficiaries in 2021 and delays by one year the upcoming reporting period during which laboratories are required to report private payer data.


    · Expands, for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency period, an existing Medicare accelerated payment program that allows qualified facilities to request up to a six month advanced lump sum or periodic payment.


    · Ensures that states are able to receive the Medicaid 6.2 percent FMAP increase originally detailed in H.R. 6201.


    Medicare, Medicaid, and Public Health (Title III, Subtitle E)

    · Extension of the work geographic index floor under the Medicare program through November 30, 2020.


    · Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection increased to $20 million prorated through November 30, 2020.


    · Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs at $13 million prorated through November 30, 2020.


    · Extension of the Money Follows the Person rebalancing demonstration program at $450 million prorated through November 30, 2020.


    · Extension of spousal impoverishment protections through September 3, 2024.


    · Delay of DSH reductions until the fiscal year 2022.


    · Extension and expansion of the Community Mental Health Services demonstration program through November 30, 2020.


    · Extension of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) program at current funding levels through November 30, 2020 at current funding levels.


    · Extension of the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) through November 30, 2020 at current funding levels.




    · Extension of demonstration projects to address health workforce needs through Nov. 30, 2020


    · Extension of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and Related Programs through 2021 to Nov. 30, 2020.


    · Extends the Community Health Center program, the National Health Service Corps, and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program through November 30, 2020.


    Over-the-Counter Drugs (Title III, Subtitle F)

    · Changes the process for FDA’s regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products to an administrative order process and addresses specific issues related to certain products. Would establish a user fee program for the consideration of new OTC product applications.

    Economic Stabilization and Industry Support Generally (Title IV)

    · Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Protections: this section is a complex federal funding facility that is meant to keep businesses solvent in addition to the tax changes and the payroll support of the Paycheck Protection Plan.


    · Congress is using a relationship between Treasury and the independent Federal Reserve to make the funds available that has the net effect of leveraging the amount available to easily exceed the roughly $500B allotted in this bill.


    · The Fed has existing authority under Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act to lend directly to companies. Treasury will backstop the Fed’s programs that is authorizes under Section 13(3), subject to the eligibility terms of this Act.


    · Funds Available: The airlines have a firm commitment to get

    $29M of loans or loan guarantees, and $17B for national security industries. They can borrow those amounts directly from Treasury as a loan or from a bank that bear the a repayment guarantee of Treasury. Stock and other financial instruments are not an option for this set aside. $454B is available for all other assistance, which can be leveraged when used in combination with the Federal Reserve.


    · Form of Assistance: Because the government has authority to make “loans, loan guarantees and other investments,” the government (in combination with the Fed) can offer companies this funding for the $454B in exchange for warrants, stock options, stock or other kinds of equity instruments that would allow the government to benefit from any upside (similar to TARP). If it is a loan, the government will receive interest income.



    · Eligibility: To be eligible for this kind of access to liquidity, the state, municipality or business needs to show that it is solvent, it can repay the instrument, the requested amount is tied to its losses based on coronavirus and that other forms of affordable liquidity is not available (as defined by prior prevailing rates).

    o Broad Eligibility: The Act ensures that the use of this authority cannot be on terms limited to just one company. Instead the terms and ability to borrow must be available on an industry basis, or covering a larger swath of the economy. Taken in combination with other terms, the cost of this liquidity source will be stable for an entire entity, with minor individual company overlays (if at all) based on some particular ability to repay assessments.


    · Terms: The Fed will price assistance on a risk-adjusted basis and at terms that match pre-crisis rates and terms, to the greatest extent possible.


    o Loans must have a duration of 5 years or less.

    o Stock buybacks are not permitted unless prior contracts require it. No dividends may be paid until the loan is repaid or one year from the date of the loan.

    o Borrowers must maintain their March 24th employment levels until Sept 30th and must retain no less than 90% of its employees until Sept 30th.

    o Unlike the ‘Paycheck Protection Act”- these loans are not going to be forgiven.


    · Treasury is going to issue the guidelines for eligibility and repayment terms in 10 days.


    · Special Mid-size business provisions: Treasury and the Fed are going to collaborate on a special Fed program for mid-sized businesses (between 500 – 10,000 employees) that will have special terms relating to 90% employee retention, with full compensation and benefits through Sept 30th, a prohibtiion on off-shoring jobs for the term of the loan + 24 months, maintain existing union agreements for the term of the loan + 24 months and “remain neutral” on any attempts of employees to unionize for the term of the loan.

    · Banks are going to be the main distribution channel for these loans- known as “financial agents”. No one will need to go directly to the Fed or Treasury to obtain the support. Like the Paycheck Protection Plan, the banks would earn a fee income for taking the loan paperwork and offering approvals based on a delegated authority. In turn, they will immediately sell the instruments back to the Fed or Treasury (depending on the entity).


    · Banking Provisions:


    o FDIC-insured institutions are to provide 100% guarantees on all accounts, including business accounts and other non-interest bearing accounts. Taken in combination with the recent Fed support for MMMFs, this should ensure some stability in the deposit accounts of most institutions. Credit Unionsmay also avail themselves of extra insurance provided by the National Credit Union Administration.

    o OCC waives lending limits to non-bank financial services companies if the OCC determines it is in the public interest.

    o Allows smaller institutions to reduce their CBLR from 9% to 8% until the earlier of the end of the crisis or Dec 31st.

    o Temporary Relief from Troubled Debt Restructurings: This permission allows banks to renegotiate loan terms with coronavirus impacted borrowers (companies and individuals) without having to hold extra capital, as long as the new terms needed as a result of coronavirus impacts (and not pending pre-crisis for other solvency reasons).

    o Optional Temporary Relief from Current Expected Credit Losses: This provision has an unusual statutory basis that may be subject to future challenge by the Financial Accounting Foundation, but it suspends the application of a new accounting standard known as “CECL” that may result in significant increased capital charged for longer term debts, such as mortgages.

    o Non-Applicability of Restrictions on ESF During National Emergency. This provision essentially repeals the ban on the government providing a form of deposit insurance for MMMFs.

    o Credit Unions will have increased acceess to the Central Liquidity Facility through December 31.


    · Credit Reporting: Lenders and other Furnishers who offer forbearance or other special accommodations to borrowers may not report the account as delinquent to credit reporting agencies for at least 120 days from Jan 31, 2020 or 120 days after the end of the emergency declaration.


    · Mortgage relevant provisions:


    o In the single family residential space, the loans that are insured or otherwise guaranteed by FHA, VA, USDA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are prohibited from foreclosure actions for 60 days starting March 18th for borrowers who request it. Penalties and delinquency related fees may not be charged to the consumer if forbearance is requested. Borrowers may extend their forbearance for up to an additional 4 months if they can demonstrate a COVID-19 related hardship. This borrower- requested forbearance expires the earlier of December 31st or the termination of the emergency declaration.



    o In the multi-family residential space, loans that are insured or otherwise guaranteed by FHA, VA, USDA, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or are part of HUD-assisted housing are eligible for a 90 day forbearance on mortgage and interest payments. Evictions are prohibited for borrowers who receive forbearance. This borrower-requested forbearance expires the earlier of December 31st or the termination of the emergency declaration.

    o In the rental space (single and multi-family), landlords are subject to a 120 day moratorium on filing eviction proceedings for the non-payment of rent if the property is insured or guaranteed by FHA, VA, USDA, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or are part of HUD-assisted housing. Unpaid rent will still accrue, but landlords may not charge fees or assess other punitive charges during the 120 day period. Landlords are also prohibited from reporting the delinquency to the credit agencies, if they are a furnisher.


    · Transparency: All transactions that are funded under this section will be made public within 72 hours of execution. Publicly traded companies should be aware of the publicity.


    · Prohibits the Secretary or any actor from conditioning loans or loan guarantees on an entity’s renegotiating new terms with a collective bargaining representative.


    · Aviation relevant provisions: loan recipients must maintain scheduled service, when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Transportation. Federal Excise Taxes on commercial aviation are repealed (ticket tax, cargo tax and aviation fuel).


    Conflicts of Interest:


    · Prohibits businesses in which the President, senior Executive Branch Officials or Members of Congress – or certain of their family members – have significant ownership interests from receiving Emergency Relief funds from the federal funding facility established through Treasury and the Federal Reserve.


    · The prohibition applies to any business in which “covered officials” in the aggregate hold at least a 20% direct or indirect equity stake. The term “covered official” includes the President, Vice President, the head of all Executive Branch Departments (but not other federal agencies), and any Member of Congress. The term also includes the spouse, child (including adult children), son-in-law, or daughter-in-law of such Executive Branch officials and Members of Congress.


    · Any business that receives Emergency Relief funds is required to submit a certification—executed by both the CEO and CFO or their equivalents—that the conflict of interest ban does not apply



    and that the business is otherwise eligible to receive the funds. This may require a business seeking to apply for such funds to review its ownership structure to confirm that “covered officials” do not in the aggregate hold a 20% or greater equity stake in the business.


    Congressional Oversight Commission


    · Establishes a Congressional Oversight Commission charged with review of the implementation of these economic stabilization measures by the federal government generally and specific oversight of the implementation of these measures undertaken by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board, including efforts of the Department and the Board to provide economic stability as a result of coronavirus.


    · The Commission shall consist of 5 members. The Speaker, House Minority Leader, Senate Majority Leader, and Senate Minority Leader shall each select one member, and the Chairperson of the Commission shall be jointly appointed by the Speaker and the Senate Majority Leader, in consultation with the minority leaders of each chamber. Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but the Commission may hold hearings without a quorum.


    · The Commission may hold hearings, take testimony, and obtain on request any data or information it deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities from any federal agency or department. The Commission also has the authority to hire staff and engage consultants, and may contract with third parties as necessary.


    · The Commission is required to submit regular reports to Congress addressing (i) how the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board are using their authority to carry out these economic stabilization measures, including with respect to how they are using their contracting authority; (ii) the impact of loans, loan guarantees, and investments made pursuant to these measures on the financial well-being of the people of the United States, financial markets, and financial institutions; (iii) the extent to which the information made available on covered transactions has contributed to market transparency; and (iv) the effectiveness of loans, loan guarantees, and investments made pursuant to these measures on minimizing long-term costs to the taxpayer and maximizing the benefits for taxpayers. The first of these reports is due no later than 30 days after the first time the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board exercise their authority under this legislation and the Commission shall file subsequent reports every 30 days thereafter.


    · The Commission shall terminate on September 30, 2025.




    Coronavirus Relief Fund (Title V)

    · Provides $150 billion to States, Territories, and Tribal governments to use for expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19 in the face of revenue declines, allocated by population proportions, with a minimum of $1.25 billion for states with relatively small populations. $3 billion is reserved for the District of Columbia and the territories and $8 billion for tribal governments.


    $274 billion Supplemental Appropriations

    · $117 billion for hospitals and veterans’ health care;

    · $11 billion for vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and other preparedness needs;

    · $4.3 billion for the Centers for Disease Control;

    · $16 billion for the Strategic National Stockpile;

    · $12 billion for America’s military;

    · $10 billion for block grants to states;

    · $13.5 billion for K-12 education; $14 billion for higher education (this includes $62 million for HBCU Capital Financing Program);

    · $45 billion for FEMA disaster relief fund;

    · $10 billion for airports; and

    · $20 billion for public transportation emergency relief.



    Additional Detail on Airport / Transit Appropriations

    $10 billion for airport grants:

    o $7.4 billion may be used for a wide variety of purposes

    o 50% of the $7.4 billion ($3.7 billion) shall be distributed based upon 2018 enplanements

    o 50% of the $7.4 billion ($3.7 billion) shall be distributed as follows:

    o 50% percent ($1.85 billion) distributed based upon total outstanding debt service

    o 50% percent ($1.85 billion) distributed based upon ratio of unrestricted reserves to respective debt service

    o $2 billion distributed via modified apportionment formula

    o PFC turnback eliminated for medium and large hub airports

    o Retain minimum entitlement levels

    o $500 million made available to be used as “local share” for 2020 AIP grants (bringing total federal match to 100%)

    o $100 million for General Aviation airports

    o $56 million for the Essential Air Service

    o Funds may be used for any “lawful” airport purpose

    o Airports must retain no less than 90 percent of their workforce through December 31, 2020

    o Waivers available by DOT secretary for economic hardship situations

    o Does not apply to non-hub and non-primary airports


    The legislation also includes $100 million for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for the following purpose:


    · Cleaning and sanitization at checkpoints and airport common areas

    · Overtime and explosive detection materials


    All funds noted above to be derived from the General Fund.


    · $25 billion for transit infrastructure “to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Funds will be apportioned by the same ratio of FY 2020 appropriations through these Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formula programs:

    o $13.9 billion for Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program Grants

    o $1.8 billion Section 5311 Formula Grants for Rural Areas

    o $7.6 billion for Section 5337 State of Good Repair

    o $1.7 billion for Section 5340 Fast Growth-High Density Grants


    · FTA must apportion these funds within seven days of the date of bill enactment.

    · Funding is “available for the operating expenses of transit agencies related to the response to a coronavirus public health emergency”… “beginning on January 20, 2020, reimbursement for operating costs to maintain service and lost revenue due to the coronavirus public health emergency, including the purchase of personal protective equipment, and paying the administrative leave of operations personnel due to reductions in service”.

    · The operating expenses are not required to be included in a transportation improvement program (TIP), long-range transportation and statewide transportation plans, or a statewide transportation improvement program (STIP).

    · At the option of the grant recipient, federal share can be up to 100 percent.


    DISCLAIMER: Please note that the situation surrounding COVID-19 is evolving and that the subject matter discussed in these publications may change on a daily basis. Please contact the your responsible Holland & Knight lawyer for timely advice.



    This summary was compiled by members of Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Group. If you have questions or need further information, please contact one of the following team members:


    Chris Armstrong: [email protected] Nicole Elliott: [email protected]

    Rich Gold: [email protected]
     
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  16. Mix

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    Ok guys I'm super confused and not sure if anyone knows what to do but but state of Fl has 50k bridge loans available with no interest for 12 months but then 12% interest. I read in here that fed SBA loans are requiring much higher credit scores (I'm at 700 now) so not sure I can even get one of those.
    I have no clue what the new law is actually going to make possible. Are we better waiting a week or so to see what that does or what should we do?
     
  17. NYGator

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    Tell us more about your company profile...employees, actions you have taken with employees, business you are in, etc.
     
  18. dallasdawg

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    that recap above sounds like they’re drastically reducing eligibility requirements but idk if that’s true

    i have my sba application ready to submit but i’m waiting on all of this to settle over the next few days. the protocol may change and the requirements have changed already, so i’m just waiting it out right now. processed payroll yesterday so i have 2 weeks to figure this out or i’ll be cutting it super close on the next payroll
     
  19. Oranjello

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    The bill in its current form waives lots of requirements. It has not been enacted yet, so I'd hang tight for a week. If you were to apply to the SBA now, you'd be applying under current law, whereas the law is about to substantially change in some respects and in ways that will benefit you.
     
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  20. Mix

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    Only a handfull of staff in the hospitality business. 2 locations, 1 franchise location (that is obviously a diff company) opening soon hopefully. Been around 7 years now.
     
  21. NYGator

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    do you have a similar amount of staff to last year at this time? if so you may qualify for 2 months worth of payroll, rent or mortgage, and utilities. The SBA loan will be harder to get, and is mutually exclusive with that deal and frankly may not be as valuable.
     
  22. Mix

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    We have some seasonality to our payroll so don't know if having a quarter without staff will fuck us.
     
  23. dallasdawg

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    so this new package is not through the sba?
     
  24. NYGator

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    It is, but it is a different program than the one offered last week.
     
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    I got locked out of the CARES webinar. They have 1000 people in a zoom meeting! Fortunately my VP of Op's is in and there will be a recording so I will try to post it later.
     
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    I just got in...

    loan 1.jpg

    loan 2.jpg

    loan 3.jpg
     
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  27. Doug

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    Would be great if you are able to post it - thank you
     
  28. NYGator

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    The presenter said, You can not take advantage of both loans simultaneously.
     
  29. NYGator

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    The grants will be available to all states regardless of state formally accepting it.
     
  30. NYGator

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    You need to keep all records of...

    employee payments
    debt payments
    rent/mortgage payments
    utility payments

    The portion of the loan that does not get forgiven gets amortized over 10 years as a term loan at 4%
     
  31. NYGator

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    There are NO LIMITS on the amount forgiven outside of the 100K limit per employee.

    Edit: $10 Million limit per company, but probably would not apply to this group or many.
     
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  32. NYGator

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    You can rehire and qualify if you let employees go, BUT wait until you get confirm that the program is in place and you can get approved.
     
  33. NYGator

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    You can still apply for state programs if you apply for the payroll program.
     
  34. NYGator

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    Forgiven means the amount allocated to payroll, rent, utilities etc. and can be forgiven up to $10 million.
     
  35. NYGator

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    He believes commissions will be eligible.
     
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    Criteria is less than 500 employees and not revenue.
     
  37. NYGator

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    He is not sure if payroll forgiveness is available to businesses who have been operating for less than one year.
     
  38. NYGator

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    The bank will approve the payroll forgiveness loans, not the SBA directly.
     
  39. NYGator

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    1099 is expected to be eligible
     
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    Everyone qualifies for these forgiveness loans if you are a small business.
     
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  41. Oranjello

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    The bill takes into account seasonal workers and there are mechanisms for adjusting payroll accordingly
     
  42. Oranjello

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    It's through existing SBA lenders as well as new lenders that will be added to the program through the provisions of the new bill.
     
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    Just the quick look into this looks like the loan forgiveness for my business will be pretty substantial, in the couple hundred thousand range. That will depend a little bit on what is considered utilities.
     
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    Yes, my calculations for my company are in the $800-$950K range. It's huge. Oranjello bourbons on me. :beerchug: (just kidding)
     
  45. dallasdawg

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    wow that sounds really good

    is it a completely different application? it sounds like approval is almost automatic?
     
  46. dallasdawg

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    theoretically, could i pay my 1099 nurses an average of their last couple payrolls and be able to “write off” those amounts? that would be a nice little bonus for them if that’s how you’re supposed to use it for 1099
     
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    I believe so. I just spoke to my banker and he thinks three weeks or so. They are an SBA lender so I can do it all from my bank. If you have a banker definitely talk to him so they know to prioritize you. It’s in their best interest.
     
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  48. Oranjello

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    The amount of the loan is generally 250% of either (i) the average monthly payroll costs for the 1 year leading up to the loan, or (ii) the average monthly payments for payroll for the the 3 month period after (a) 2/15/2019 or (b) 3/1/2019. The (ii) should hopefully help offset your seasonal issues, but if those don't apply then there are even other alternative ways to calculate the amount. Bottom line is you won't get completely screwed
     
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