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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1343 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations 

of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 

of such Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 6, 2007 

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. PICKERING) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Centers Re5 newal Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

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

2 homeless health centers are vital to thousands of 

3 communities across the United States. 

4 (2) There are more than 1,000 such health cen5 ters serving nearly 16,000,000 people at over 5,000 

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

7 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 

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

9 of the United States. 

10 (3) Health centers provide cost-effective, high11 quality health care to poor and medically under12 served people in the States, the District of Colum13 bia, and the territories, including the working poor, 

14 the uninsured, and many high-risk and vulnerable 

15 populations, and have done so for over 40 years. 

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

17 uninsured Americans, 1 of every 4 Americans in 

18 poverty, and 1 of every 9 rural Americans. 

19 (5) Health centers provide primary and preven20 tive care services to more than 700,000 homeless 

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

22 United States. 

23 (6) Health centers are community-oriented and 

24 patient-focused and tailor their services to fit the 

25 special needs and priorities of local communities, 

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1 working together with schools, businesses, churches, 

2 community organizations, foundations, and State 

3 and local governments. 

4 (7) Health centers are built through community 

5 initiative. 

6 (8) Health centers encourage citizen participa7 tion and provide jobs for 50,000 community resi8 dents. 

9 (9) Health centers make health care responsive 

10 and cost-effective through aggressive outreach, pa11 tient education, translation, and other enabling sup12 port services. 

13 (10) Health centers help reduce health dispari14 ties, meet escalating health care needs, and provide 

15 a vital safety net in the health care delivery system 

16 of the United States. 

17 (11) Health centers increase the use of preven18 tive health services, including immunizations, pap 

19 smears, mammograms, and HBa1c tests for diabetes 

20 screenings. 

21 (12) Expert studies have demonstrated the im22 pact that these community-owned and patient-con23 trolled primary care delivery systems have achieved 

24 both in the reduction of traditional access barriers 

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1 and the elimination of health disparities among their 

2 patients. 

3 (13) Congress established the health centers 

4 program as a unique public-private partnership, and 

5 has continued to provide direct funding to commu6 nity organizations for the development and operation 

7 of health centers systems that address pressing local 

8 health needs and meet national performance stand9 ards. 

10 (14) Federal grants assist participating commu11 nities in finding partners and recruiting doctors and 

12 other health professionals. 

13 (15) Federal grants constitute, on average, 24 

14 percent of the annual budget of such health centers, 

15 with the remainder provided by State and local gov16 ernments, Medicare, Medicaid, private contributions, 

17 private insurance, and patient fees. 

18 (16) Reauthorizing the health centers program 

19 for 5 years will strengthen and expand health cen20 ters in order to put them on a path to become the 

21 health care home for nearly 30 million patients 

22 served by the year 2015, creating further systemic 

23 savings and a healthier Nation. 

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1 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS FOR HEALTH CENTERS PROGRAM. 

3 Section 330(r) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 254b(r)) is amended by amending paragraph (1) 

5 to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of car7 rying out this section, in addition to the amounts 

8 authorized to be appropriated under subsection (d), 

9 there are authorized to be appropriated 

10 $2,188,745,000 for fiscal year 2008, 

11 $2,451,394,400 for fiscal year 2009, 

12 $2,757,818,700 for fiscal year 2010, 

13 $3,116,335,131 for fiscal year 2011, and 

14 $3,537,040,374 for fiscal year 2012.’’. 

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