SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF CLAIMS AGAINST PRACTITIONERS 
PROVIDING HEALTH PROFESSIONAL VOLUN-
TEER SERVICES AT COMMUNITY HEALTH 
CENTERS DURING DECLARED EMERGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 224(q)(3) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 233(q)(3)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) Notwithstanding the process described in 
clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B), a health 
care practitioner who is a health professional volun-
teer sponsored by an entity described in subsection 
(g)(4) shall be deemed to be sponsored by another 
entity described in subsection (g)(4) if— 
‘‘(i) such other entity seeks the assistance 
of such health professional volunteer for pur-
poses of responding to a declared emergency; 
‘‘(ii) such other entity submits a notifica-
tion of such assistance to the Secretary not 
later than 15 days after the first day on which 
such volunteer is to begin service at such entity; 
and 
‘‘(iii) such volunteer is serving at such en-
tity pursuant to such notification during a cov-
ered service period. 
‘‘(F) For purposes of subparagraph (E): 
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‘‘(i) The term ‘covered service period’ 
means the period— 
‘‘(I) beginning on the later of— 
‘‘(aa) the date on which the vol-
unteer begins service at another entity 
described in subsection (g)(4); or 
‘‘(bb) the first day of a declared 
emergency, as determined by the Sec-
retary, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Health Resources and 
Services Administration; and 
‘‘(II) ending on the earliest of— 
‘‘(aa) the date on which the de-
clared emergency ends; 
‘‘(bb) the date on which the pro-
vider stops volunteering at such other 
entity; or 
‘‘(cc) 90 days after the date de-
termined under subclause (I). 
‘‘(ii) 
The 
term 
‘declared 
emergency’ 
means— 
‘‘(I) an emergency or disaster de-
clared by the President pursuant to the 
National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. 
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Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act; and 
‘‘(II) a public health emergency de-
clared by the Secretary pursuant to section 
319.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 224(q) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 233(q)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘(or is 
deemed to be sponsoring a health care practi-
tioner pursuant to paragraph (3)(E))’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘(and 
in the case of a health care practitioner pro-
viding services at another entity described in 
subsection (g)(4) pursuant to paragraph (3)(E), 
the State in which such other entity is lo-
cated)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘With respect’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph (E), 
with respect’’. 
Æ 
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