IIB 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5573 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional 

authorizations of appropriations for the health centers 

program under section 330 of such Act. 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Centers Re3 newal Act of 2006’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds as follows: 

6 (1) Community, migrant, public housing, and 

7 homeless health centers are vital to thousands of 

8 communities across the United States. 

9 (2) There are more than 1,000 such health cen10 ters serving over 15,000,000 people at over 3,700 

11 health delivery sites, located in all 50 States of the 

12 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 

13 Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and other territories 

14 of the United States. 

15 (3) Health centers provide cost-effective, quality 

16 health care to poor and medically underserved people 

17 in the States, the District of Columbia, and the ter18 ritories, including the working poor, the uninsured, 

19 and many high-risk and vulnerable populations, and 

20 have done so for over 40 years. 

21 (4) Health centers provide care to 1 of every 8 

22 uninsured Americans, 1 of every 4 Americans in 

23 poverty, and 1 of every 9 rural Americans. 

24 (5) Health centers provide primary and preven25 tive care services to more than 700,000 homeless 


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1 persons and more than 725,000 farm workers in the 

2 United States. 

3 (6) Health centers are community-oriented and 

4 patient-focused and tailor their services to fit the 

5 special needs and priorities of local communities, 

6 working together with schools, businesses, churches, 

7 community organizations, foundations, and State 

8 and local governments. 

9 (7) Health centers are built through community 

10 initiative. 

11 (8) Health centers encourage citizen participa12 tion and provide jobs for 50,000 community resi13 dents. 

14 (9) Congress established the program as a 

15 unique public-private partnership, and has continued 

16 to provide direct funding to community organiza17 tions for the development and operation of health 

18 centers systems that address pressing local health 

19 needs and meet national performance standards. 

20 (10) Federal grants assist participating commu21 nities in finding partners and recruiting doctors and 

22 other health professionals. 

23 (11) Federal grants constitute, on average, 24 

24 percent of the annual budget of such health centers, 

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1 ernments, Medicare, Medicaid, private contributions, 

2 private insurance, and patient fees. 

3 (12) Health centers make health care respon4 sive and cost-effective through aggressive outreach, 

5 patient education, translation, and other enabling 

6 support services. 

7 (13) Health centers help reduce health dispari8 ties, meet escalating health care needs, and provide 

9 a vital safety net in the health care delivery system 

10 of the United States. 

11 (14) Health centers increase the use of preven12 tive health services, including immunizations, pap 

13 smears, mammograms, and HBa1c tests for diabetes 

14 screenings. 

15 (15) Expert studies have demonstrated the im16 pact that these community-owned and patient-con17 trolled primary care delivery systems have achieved 

18 both in the reduction of traditional access barriers 

19 and the elimination of health disparities among their 

20 patients. 


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1 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

2 FOR HEALTH CENTERS PROGRAM OF PUBLIC 

3 HEALTH SERVICE ACT. 

4 Paragraph (1) of section 330(r) of the Public Health 

5 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(r)) is amended to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of car8 rying out this section, in addition to the amounts 

9 authorized to be appropriated under subsection (d), 

10 there are authorized to be appropriated 

11 $1,963,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, 

12 $1,999,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 

13 $2,015,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, 

14 $2,041,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 

15 $2,041,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2006. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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