IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1216 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 26, 2011 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding 
for graduate medical education in qualified teaching 
health centers from direct appropriations to an author-
ization of appropriations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. CONVERTING FUNDING FOR GRADUATE MED-
ICAL EDUCATION IN QUALIFIED TEACHING 
HEALTH CENTERS FROM DIRECT APPRO-
PRIATIONS TO AN AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 340H of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h), as added by section 
5508(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111–148), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘under 
subsection (g)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘pursuant to subsection (g)’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘in sub-
section (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to subsection 
(g)’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $46,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2015.’’. 
(b) RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts made available by such section 340H (42 U.S.C. 
256h), the unobligated balance is rescinded. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—The second subpart 
XI of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 256i), as added by section 10333 of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
111–148), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subpart XI as subpart XII; 
and 
(2) by redesignating section 340H of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256i) as section 340I. 
(d) PROHIBITION
AGAINST
ABORTION.—Section 
340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITION AGAINST ABORTION.— 
‘‘(1) None of the funds made available pursuant 
to subsection (g) shall be used to provide any abor-
tion or training in the provision of abortions. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an abor-
tion— 
‘‘(A) if the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest; or 
‘‘(B) in the case where a woman suffers 
from a physical disorder, physical injury, or 
physical illness, that would, as certified by a 
physician, place the woman in danger of death 
unless an abortion is performed including a life 
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endangering physical condition caused by or 
arising from the pregnancy itself. 
‘‘(3) None of the funds made available pursuant 
to subsection (g) may be provided to a qualified 
teaching health center if such center subjects any in-
stitutional or individual health care entity to dis-
crimination on the basis that the health care entity 
does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or 
refer for abortions. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘health care 
entity’ includes an individual physician or other 
health care professional, a hospital, a provider-spon-
sored organization, a health maintenance organiza-
tion, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of 
health care facility, organization, or plan.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 25, 2011. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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