[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5201 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5201
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional
authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under
section 330 of such Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 26, 2006
Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Allen, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr. Bass, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr.
Bonilla, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Capps, Mr.
Capuano, Mr. Case, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costello, Mr.
Davis of Florida, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Drake, Mrs. Emerson,
Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Gordon, Ms. Granger, Mr.
Gutierrez, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr.
LaHood, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of
Georgia, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Matheson, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr.
McHugh, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Otter, Mr. Owens,
Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ross, Mr. Reichert, Mr.
Rush, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Mr. Scott of Georgia,
Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shays, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Simpson, Mr.
Strickland, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Terry, Mr. Towns, Mr. Upton, Mr. Walden of
Oregon, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wynn) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional
authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under
section 330 of such Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Health Centers Renewal Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Community, migrant, public housing, and homeless health
centers are vital to thousands of communities across the United
States.
(2) There are more than 1,000 such health centers serving
over 15,000,000 people at over 3,700 health delivery sites,
located in all 50 States of the United States, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and other
territories of the United States.
(3) Health centers provide cost-effective, quality health
care to poor and medically underserved people in the States,
the District of Columbia, and the territories, including the
working poor, the uninsured, and many high-risk and vulnerable
populations, and have done so for over 40 years.
(4) Health centers provide care to 1 of every 8 uninsured
Americans, 1 of every 4 Americans in poverty, and 1 of every 9
rural Americans.
(5) Health centers provide primary and preventive care
services to more than 700,000 homeless persons and more than
725,000 farm workers in the United States.
(6) Health centers are community-oriented and patient-
focused and tailor their services to fit the special needs and
priorities of local communities, working together with schools,
businesses, churches, community organizations, foundations, and
State and local governments.
(7) Health centers are built through community initiative.
(8) Health centers encourage citizen participation and
provide jobs for 50,000 community residents.
(9) Congress established the program as a unique public-
private partnership, and has continued to provide direct
funding to community organizations for the development and
operation of health centers systems that address pressing local
health needs and meet national performance standards.
(10) Federal grants assist participating communities in
finding partners and recruiting doctors and other health
professionals.
(11) Federal grants constitute, on average, 24 percent of
the annual budget of such health centers, with the remainder
provided by State and local governments, Medicare, Medicaid,
private contributions, private insurance, and patient fees.
(12) Health centers make health care responsive and cost-
effective through aggressive outreach, patient education,
translation, and other enabling support services.
(13) Health centers help reduce health disparities, meet
escalating health care needs, and provide a vital safety net in
the health care delivery system of the United States.
(14) Health centers increase the use of preventive health
services, including immunizations, pap smears, mammograms, and
HBa1c tests for diabetes screenings.
(15) Expert studies have demonstrated the impact that these
community-owned and patient-controlled primary care delivery
systems have achieved both in the reduction of traditional
access barriers and the elimination of health disparities among
their patients.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HEALTH CENTERS
PROGRAM OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.
Section 330(r) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(r))
is amended by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out this
section, in addition to the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under subsection (d), there are authorized to be
appropriated $1,963,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2011.''.
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