1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020 . 2. Rural health care facility grants (a) Purpose It is the purpose of this section to provide funding to stabilize rural hospitals and provide immediate financial relief to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 emergency. (b) Grants The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall establish an emergency operating grant program and shall award an emergency operating grant to an eligible Medicare participating health care facility. (c) Allotments and payments (1) Allotments The Secretary shall, from amounts appropriated under subsection (i), allot to each facility eligible for a grant under this section the sum of— (A) an amount equal to the number of patient days (including acute, swing-bed, and observation days) from January 1, 2019, to April 1, 2019, with respect to the facility, multiplied by $1,000; and (B) an amount equal to the total amount of reimbursements from all payer sources to the facility from January 1, 2019, to April 1, 2019. (2) Payments The Secretary shall make payments under grants awarded to eligible facilities under this section in the amount of the allotments described in paragraph (1). (3) Time of grant A one time payment shall be made under a grant awarded under this section not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Eligible facilities (1) In general To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (b), a Medicare participating health care facility shall submit to the Secretary an application described in paragraph (2). (2) Application An application under this paragraph shall be submitted to the Secretary not later that 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and shall contain such information that the Secretary may require, including— (A) a certification that— (i) the facility will suffer financial losses as a result of the COVID-19 emergency