[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3080 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3080
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to expand services
provided at community health centers, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 5, 2023
Ms. Blunt Rochester (for herself, Ms. Kuster, and Ms. Barragan)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to expand services
provided at community health centers, and for other purposes.
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 Center Service Expansion and
Provider Shortage Reduction Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.
(a) Required Services.--
(1) In general.--Section 330(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended--
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subclause (V), by adding ``and'' at the end;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(VI) behavioral and mental health
and substance use disorder services;
and''.
(2) Conforming change.--Section 330(b)(2) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); and
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and
(D) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively.
(b) Additional Funds for Certain Services.--Section 10503(b) of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2)(H), by striking the period at the end
and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to provide enhanced funding to provide the
services specified in subclause (VI) of section 330(b)(1)(A)(i)
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A)(i)),
$700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028;
``(4) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to provide enhanced funding for health centers
to expand their hours of operation using funds under section
330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b),
$250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028;
``(5) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to provide enhanced funding for new access
points and expanded services pursuant to section 330(e)(6) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)),
$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028; and''.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CERTAIN NATIONAL
HEALTH SERVICE CORPS MEMBERS.
Section 10503(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)), as amended by section 2(c), is further amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(6) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to provide enhanced funding to take appropriate
measures under subparts II and III of part D of title III of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d et seq.) to
increase the number of National Health Service Corps members
who are primary care providers, behavioral and mental health
professionals, and dentists serving in health professional
shortage areas, $480,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024
through 2028.''.
<all>