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The Provider Relief Fund: Frequently Asked Questions

Congressional Research Service · 2022-04-07 · Reports · 7,321 words · PDF available

The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) was established in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act, P.L. 116-136) to reimburse, through grants or other mechanisms, eligible health car...

SBA Small Business Investment Company Program

Congressional Research Service · 2022-04-07 · Reports · 20,195 words · PDF available

The Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program is designed to enhance small business access to venture capital by stimulating and supplementing “the flow ...

Sexual Harassment and Assault at School: Divergence Among Federal Courts Regarding Liability

Congressional Research Service · 2022-04-07 · Posts · 2,088 words · PDF available

Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), schools that receive federal financial assistance are liable for a “deliberately indifferent” response to the sexual harassment and assau...

The Evolution of Marijuana as a Controlled Substance and the Federal-State Policy Gap

Congressional Research Service · 2022-04-07 · Reports · 56,109 words · PDF available

Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that generally consists of leaves and flowers of the cannabis sativa plant. Its history dates back thousands of years, but in the United States it became popular as a ...

Medicare Trigger

Congressional Research Service · 2022-04-07 · Reports · 6,481 words

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA; P.L. 108-173) requires the Medicare Board of Trustees to provide in its annual reports, starting with the 2005 report, ...