108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3038
AN ACT
To make certain technical and conforming amend-
ments to correct the Health Care Safety Net
Amendments of 2002.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3038
AN ACT
To make certain technical and conforming amendments to
correct the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Care Safety
Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) HEALTH CENTERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 330 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amended to
read as if—
(A) subparagraph (C) of the second para-
graph (4) of section 101 of Public Law 107–
251 had not been enacted;
(B) paragraph (7)(C) of such section 101
had not been enacted; and
(C) paragraphs (8) through (11) of such
section 101 had not been enacted.
(2) AMENDMENTS PER PUBLIC LAW 107–251.—
Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254b), as amended by paragraph (1), is
amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(B), in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘plan..’’ and
inserting ‘‘plan.’’;
(B) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iii), in sub-
clause (I), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end;
(C) by striking subsection (k);
(D) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k);
(E) by inserting after subsection (i) a sub-
section that is identical to the subsection (j)
that appears (as an amendment) in section
101(8)(C) of Public Law 107–251;
(F) by redesignating subsection (l) as sub-
section (r), by transferring it from its current
placement, and by inserting it after subsection
(q);
(G) by inserting before subsection (m) a
subsection that is identical to the subsection
that appears (as an amendment) in section
101(9) of Public Law 107–251, and by redesig-
nating as subsection (l) the subsection that is
so inserted;
(H) in subsection (l) (as inserted and re-
designated by subparagraph (G) of this para-
graph), in the first sentence—
(i) by inserting after ‘‘shall provide’’
the following: ‘‘(either through the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services or by
grant or contract)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘(l)(3)’’ and inserting
‘‘(k)(3)’’;
(I) 
in 
subsection 
(p), 
by 
striking
‘‘(j)(3)(G)’’ and inserting ‘‘(k)(3)(G)’’; and
(J) in subsection (r) (as redesignated,
transferred, and inserted by subparagraph (F)
of this paragraph)—
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking
‘‘$802,124,000’’ 
and 
all 
that 
follows
through 
the 
period 
and 
inserting
‘‘$1,340,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of
the fiscal years 2003 through 2006.’’;
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(j)(3))’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(k)(3))’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘(j)(3)(G)(ii)’’
and inserting ‘‘(k)(3)(H)’’; and
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting a subpara-
graph that is identical to the subparagraph
(B) that appears (as an amendment) in
section 101(11)(B)(ii) of Public Law 107–
251.
(b) 
RURAL
HEALTH
OUTREACH.—Section
330A(b)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254c(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘799B’’ and inserting
‘‘799B(6)’’.
(c) TELEHEALTH.—Section 330I of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–14) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘799B’’
and inserting ‘‘799B(6)’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Health
and Resources and Services Administration’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion’’.
(d) 
MENTAL
HEALTH
SERVICES
VIA
TELE-
HEALTH.—Section 330K of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 254c–16) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘subsection
(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)(4)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(a)(3)(A)’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(a)(3)(B)’’.
(e) TELEMEDICINE INCENTIVE GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subpart I of part D of
title III of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 330L. TELEMEDICINE; INCENTIVE GRANTS REGARD-
ING COORDINATION AMONG STATES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants
to State professional licensing boards to carry out pro-
grams under which such licensing boards of various States
cooperate to develop and implement State policies that will
reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telemedicine.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out subsection (a), there are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary
for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
(2) REPEAL.—Section 102 of the Health Care
Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107–
251) is repealed.
(f) HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 332 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘such date of enact-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘such date of designa-
tion’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘, issued after the date
of enactment of this Act, that revise’’ and
inserting ‘‘regarding’’; and
(B) in subsection (a)(3), by striking
‘‘330(h)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘330(h)(5)’’;
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘des-
ignation,.’’ and inserting ‘‘designation.’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j)(1) The Secretary shall submit the report de-
scribed in paragraph (2) if the Secretary, acting through
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, issues—
‘‘(A) a regulation that revises the definition of
a health professional shortage area for purposes of
this section; or
‘‘(B) a regulation that revises the standards
concerning priority of such an area under section
333A.
‘‘(2) On issuing a regulation described in paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that describes
the regulation.
‘‘(3) Each regulation described in paragraph (1) shall
take effect 180 days after the committees described in
paragraph (2) receive a report referred to in such para-
graph describing the regulation.’’.
(2) REPEAL.—Subsection (b) of section 302 of
the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002
(Public Law 107–251) is repealed.
(g) ASSIGNMENT OF CORPS PERSONNEL.—Section
333(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254f) is amended by moving subparagraph (C) so that the
margin of subparagraph (C) is aligned with the margins
of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D).
(h) PRIORITIES
IN ASSIGNMENT
OF CORPS PER-
SONNEL.—Section 333A(c)(4) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254f–1(c)(4)) is amended by striking
‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘30 days from such notification’’.
(i) CHARGES FOR SERVICES.—Section 334(b)(1)(B)
of 
the 
Public 
Health 
Service 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
254g(b)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the payment of’’
after ‘‘applied to’’.
(j) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS SCHOLAR-
SHIP
PROGRAM.—Section 
338A(d)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C.
254l(d)(1)) is amended by moving subparagraph (B) so
that the margin of subparagraph (B) is aligned with the
margin of subparagraphs (A) and (C).
(k) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS LOAN RE-
PAYMENT PROGRAM.—Section 338B(e) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l–1) is amended by
striking ‘‘PARTICIPATION.—’’ and all that follows through
‘‘An individual’’ and inserting ‘‘PARTICIPATION.—An indi-
vidual’’.
(l) BREACH OF CONTRACT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 338E of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254o) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by moving sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C), and the flush
matter following subparagraph (C), 2 ems to
the left; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) The amendment made by section 313(a)(4) of
the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public
Law 107–251) shall apply to any obligation for which a
discharge in bankruptcy has not been granted before the
date that is 31 days after the date of enactment of such
Act.’’.
(2) REPEAL.—Subsection (b) of section 313 of
the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002
(Public Law 107–251) is repealed.
(m) MISCELLANEOUS.—The Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in subsections (g)(1)(G)(ii), (k)(2), and
(n)(1)(C) of section 224, and sections 317A(a)(2),
317E(c), and 318A(e), by striking ‘‘330, 330(h)’’
and inserting ‘‘330’’;
(2) in section 1313, by striking ‘‘329, 330, and
330(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘329 and 330’’; and
(3) in section 2652(a)(2), by striking ‘‘section
340’’ and inserting ‘‘section 330(h)’’.
(n) HEALTH CARE SAFETY NET AMENDMENTS OF
2002.—The Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002
(Public Law 107–251) is amended—
(1) in section 404(c)(5), by striking ‘‘Health
Care Financing Administration and the Health Re-
search’’ and inserting ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Med-
icaid Services and the Health Resources’’; and
(2) in section 501, by striking ‘‘solvency for
managed care networks’’ and inserting ‘‘guarantees
of solvency for managed care networks or plans’’.