Health Center Community Transformation Hub Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize supplemental awards to health centers to establish community transformation hubs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Center Community Transformation Hub Act 2. Supplemental awards to support community transformation hubs Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b (1) by redesignating subsection (r) as subsection (s); and (2) by inserting after subsection (q) the following: (r) Supplemental awards To support community transformation (1) In general The Secretary may award to a health center receiving a grant under another provision of this section, as a supplement to such grant, funds to implement a community transformation hub to address the social determinants of health faced by patients served by the health center. (2) Community transformation hub defined In this subsection, the term community transformation hub (A) access to transportation; (B) food security; (C) economic security; (D) education access and quality; (E) neighborhood safety; (F) systemic racism; and (G) health of the built environment. (3) Consideration In making supplemental awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider— (A) whether the health center involved has conducted an assessment of the social determinants of health facing the health center’s patient population; and (B) whether the proposed community transformation hub would sufficiently address these determinants. (4) Partnerships The Secretary may allow health centers receiving a supplemental award under this subsection to carry out the activities supported through the award in partnership with community-based organizations through a contract, a subgrant, or a memorandum of understanding. (5) Technical assistance The Secretary may provide technical assistance to award recipients under this subsection with respect to planning, development, and operation of community transformation hubs supported under this subsection. (6) Coordination Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall issue guidance on sustaining community transformation hubs funded under this section after such funding terminates. .

Summary: Health Center Community Transformation Hub Act This bill permits the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award supplemental funds to certain health centers that care for medically underserved populations for addressing primary social determinants of health (i.e., nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes, such as transportation, food security, and economic security). To receive the supplemental funding, health centers must be recipients of other HRSA grants that support health center operations and activities. Health centers must use the supplemental funds to implement a community-based network of organizations capable of addressing the social determinants of health. Additionally, HRSA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue guidance on sustaining these networks after the supplemental funding terminates.