Health Center Service Expansion and Provider Shortage Reduction Act

Subjects: Health


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3080 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3080

To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to expand services 
     provided at community health centers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2023

    Ms. Blunt Rochester (for herself, Ms. Kuster, and Ms. Barragan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to expand services 
     provided at community health centers, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Center Service Expansion and 
Provider Shortage Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.

    (a) Required Services.--
            (1) In general.--Section 330(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subclause (V), by adding ``and'' at the end; 
                and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VI) behavioral and mental health 
                                and substance use disorder services; 
                                and''.
            (2) Conforming change.--Section 330(b)(2) of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and 
                (D) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively.
    (b) Additional Funds for Certain Services.--Section 10503(b) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2)(H), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services to provide enhanced funding to provide the 
        services specified in subclause (VI) of section 330(b)(1)(A)(i) 
        of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(1)(A)(i)), 
        $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028;
            ``(4) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services to provide enhanced funding for health centers 
        to expand their hours of operation using funds under section 
        330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), 
        $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028;
            ``(5) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services to provide enhanced funding for new access 
        points and expanded services pursuant to section 330(e)(6) of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)), 
        $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028; and''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CERTAIN NATIONAL 
              HEALTH SERVICE CORPS MEMBERS.

    Section 10503(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)), as amended by section 2(c), is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services to provide enhanced funding to take appropriate 
        measures under subparts II and III of part D of title III of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d et seq.) to 
        increase the number of National Health Service Corps members 
        who are primary care providers, behavioral and mental health 
        professionals, and dentists serving in health professional 
        shortage areas, $480,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
        through 2028.''.
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