any legal action against a patients to recover any costs associated with care provided to the patient during the COVID-19 emergency. (h) Definitions In this section: (1) COVID-19 emergency The term COVID-19 emergency means the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). (2) Medicare participating health care facility The terms Medicare participating health care facility and facility mean— (A) an entity designated as— (i) a Critical Access Hospital under section 485 of subpart F of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations