112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1216 

AN ACT 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding 

for graduate medical education in qualified teaching 

health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. CONVERTING FUNDING FOR GRADUATE MED2 ICAL EDUCATION IN QUALIFIED TEACHING 

3 HEALTH CENTERS FROM DIRECT APPRO4 PRIATIONS TO AN AUTHORIZATION OF AP5 PROPRIATIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 340H of the Public 

7 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h), as added by section 

8 5508(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

9 (Public Law 111–148), is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘under 

11 subsection (g)’’ each place it appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘pursuant to subsection (g)’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘in sub14 section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to subsection 

15 (g)’’; and 

16 (3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol17 lows: 

18 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

19 carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro20 priated $46,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 

21 2015.’’. 

22 (b) RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Of the 

23 amounts made available by such section 340H (42 U.S.C. 

24 256h), the unobligated balance is rescinded. 

25 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—The second subpart 

26 XI of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
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1 (42 U.S.C. 256i), as added by section 10333 of the Pa2 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 

3 111–148), is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subpart XI as subpart XII; 

5 and 

6 (2) by redesignating section 340H of the Public 

7 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256i) as section 340I. 

8 (d) PROHIBITION AGAINST ABORTION.—Section 

9 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h) 

10 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(k) PROHIBITION AGAINST ABORTION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) None of the funds made available pursuant 

14 to subsection (g) shall be used to provide any abor15 tion or training in the provision of abortions. 

16 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an abor17 tion— 

18 ‘‘(A) if the pregnancy is the result of an 

19 act of rape or incest; or 

20 ‘‘(B) in the case where a woman suffers 

21 from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 

22 physical illness, that would, as certified by a 

23 physician, place the woman in danger of death 

24 unless an abortion is performed including a life 
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1 endangering physical condition caused by or 

2 arising from the pregnancy itself. 

3 ‘‘(3) None of the funds made available pursuant 

4 to subsection (g) may be provided to a qualified 

5 teaching health center if such center subjects any in6 stitutional or individual health care entity to dis7 crimination on the basis that the health care entity 

8 does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or 

9 refer for abortions. 

10 ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘health care 

11 entity’ includes an individual physician or other 

12 health care professional, a hospital, a provider-spon13 sored organization, a health maintenance organiza14 tion, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of 

15 health care facility, organization, or plan.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 25, 2011. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1216 

AN ACT 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert 

priations to an authorization of appropriations. fied teaching health centers from direct approfunding for graduate medical education in quali-