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Calendar No. 441 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 958 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use criteria 

for new access points grants for community health centers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 24, 2021 

Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 

BRAUN, Mr. CORNYN, and Mr. OSSOFF) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

JULY 12, 2022 

Reported by Mrs. MURRAY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the 

allowable use criteria for new access points grants for 

community health centers. 

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 ‘‘Maximizing Outcomes 

3 through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for 

4 (MOBILE) Health Care Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. NEW ACCESS POINTS GRANTS. 

6 Section 330(e)(6)(A) of the Public Health Service 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(v) MOBILE UNITS.— 

10 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A mobile 

11 unit may qualify as a new delivery site 

12 under clause (i), regardless of whether 

13 the applicant additionally proposes to 

14 establish a permanent, full-time site. 

15 ‘‘(II) DEFINITION OF MOBILE

16 UNIT.—In this clause, the term ‘mo17 bile unit’— 

18 ‘‘(aa) means a unit that is 

19 staffed by clinicians working for 

20 or on behalf of a health center to 

21 provide medical or oral health 

22 services at one or more loca23 tions— 

24 ‘‘(AA) to a target popu25 lation specified in the appli26 cation for a grant under 


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1 subparagraph (A) or (B) of 

2 paragraph (1); and 

3 ‘‘(BB) for a total of not 

4 less than 40 hours per week; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(bb) may include a geo7 graphic rotation so long as access 

8 to medical or oral health services 

9 through such unit for such target 

10 population is available not less 

11 than 2 times per month for each 

12 geographic location. 

13 ‘‘(vi) COSTS FOR RENOVATION AND

14 NEW CONSTRUCTION.—The costs for which 

15 a grant described in clause (i) is made may 

16 include costs associated with— 

17 ‘‘(I) acquiring, leasing, expand18 ing, or renovating an existing building 

19 for providing health services to medi20 cally underserved populations; 

21 ‘‘(II) constructing a new building 

22 for such purposes; or 

23 ‘‘(III) acquiring, leasing, expand24 ing, or renovating mobile medical 


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1 equipment or vehicles to establish a 

2 new delivery site for such purposes. 

3 ‘‘(vii) REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT

4 TO REAL PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND

5 OTHER CAPITAL ASSETS.— 

6 ‘‘(I) REAL PROPERTY.—A recipi7 ent of a grant described in clause (i) 

8 shall use any real property con9 structed, purchased, or significantly 

10 improved with funds awarded through 

11 such grant for the purposes for which 

12 the property was so constructed, pur13 chased, or significantly improved for a 

14 period of 12 years. At the conclusion 

15 of such period, any Federal interest 

16 under this paragraph in such property 

17 shall expire. 

18 ‘‘(II) EQUIPMENT AND OTHER

19 CAPITAL ASSETS.—A recipient of a 

20 grant described in clause (i) shall use 

21 any equipment or asset, other than 

22 real property, acquired with funds 

23 awarded through such grant for the 

24 purposes for which the equipment or 

25 asset was so acquired for a period 


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1 that is the lesser of the remaining 

2 useful life of the equipment or asset 

3 or 6 years. At the conclusion of such 

4 period, any Federal interest under 

5 this paragraph in such equipment or 

6 asset shall expire.’’. 

7 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maximizing Outcomes 

9 through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for 

10 (MOBILE) Health Care Act’’. 

11 SEC. 2. NEW ACCESS POINTS GRANTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 330(e)(6)(A) of the Public 

13 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)(A)) is amended 

14 by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(v) MOBILE UNITS.—An existing 

16 health center may be awarded funds under 

17 clause (i) to establish a new delivery site 

18 that is a mobile unit, regardless of whether 

19 the applicant additionally proposes to es20 tablish a permanent, full-time site. In the 

21 case of a health center that is not currently 

22 receiving funds under this section, such 

23 health center may be awarded funds under 

24 clause (i) to establish a new delivery site 

25 that is a mobile unit only if such health 


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1 center uses a portion of such funds to also 

2 establish a permanent, full-time site.’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub4 section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2024. 


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Calendar No. 441 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 958 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand 

grants for community health centers. the allowable use criteria for new access points 

JULY 12, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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