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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1072 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize supplemental awards 

to health centers to establish community transformation hubs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 

Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 

MOORE of Wisconsin, and Ms. LEE of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize supplemental awards to health centers to establish community 

transformation hubs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Center Commu5 nity Transformation Hub Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL AWARDS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY 

2 TRANSFORMATION HUBS. 

3 Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 254b) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (r) as sub6 section (s); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (q) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(r) SUPPLEMENTAL AWARDS TO SUPPORT COMMU10 NITY TRANSFORMATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 

12 to a health center receiving a grant under another 

13 provision of this section, as a supplement to such 

14 grant, funds to implement a community trans15 formation hub to address the social determinants of 

16 health faced by patients served by the health center. 

17 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION HUB DE18 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘community 

19 transformation hub’ means a network of community20 based organizations capable of addressing primary 

21 social determinants of health, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) access to transportation; 

23 ‘‘(B) food security; 

24 ‘‘(C) economic security; 

25 ‘‘(D) education access and quality; 

26 ‘‘(E) neighborhood safety; 


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1 ‘‘(F) systemic racism; and 

2 ‘‘(G) health of the built environment. 

3 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION.—In making supple4 mental awards under this subsection, the Secretary 

5 shall consider— 

6 ‘‘(A) whether the health center involved 

7 has conducted an assessment of the social de8 terminants of health facing the health center’s 

9 patient population; and 

10 ‘‘(B) whether the proposed community 

11 transformation hub would sufficiently address 

12 these determinants. 

13 ‘‘(4) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary may allow 

14 health centers receiving a supplemental award under 

15 this subsection to carry out the activities supported 

16 through the award in partnership with community17 based organizations through a contract, a subgrant, 

18 or a memorandum of understanding. 

19 ‘‘(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

20 may provide technical assistance to award recipients 

21 under this subsection with respect to planning, de22 velopment, and operation of community trans23 formation hubs supported under this subsection. 

24 ‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—Not later than 1 year 

25 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 


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1 Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 

2 Health Resources and Services Administration and 

3 the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & 

4 Medicaid Services, shall issue guidance on sustaining 

5 community transformation hubs funded under this 

6 section after such funding terminates.’’. 

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