I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7503 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health equity for people 
with disabilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 29, 2024 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health 
equity for people with disabilities. 
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 Equity for Peo-
ple with Disabilities Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HEALTH EQUITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 330 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘including people with disabil-
ities within these populations;’’ after ‘‘public 
housing,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in-
cluding accessible healthcare services’’ before 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), in the matter pre-
ceding subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing accessible healthcare services’’ after 
‘‘health services’’; 
(ii) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding people with disabilities,’’ after ‘‘en-
able individuals’’; and 
(iii) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding people with disabilities,’’ after 
‘‘health center’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) DISABILITY.—The term ‘disability’ has the 
meaning given such term in the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, including people 
with disabilities within these medically un-
derserved populations’’ before the first pe-
riod; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘accessible’’ after 
‘‘lease of’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 
‘‘non-profit health and wellness agencies,’’ after 
‘‘local hospitals,’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
with disabilities’’ before the semicolon; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or for 
addressing barriers to care affecting people with 
disabilities in their communities’’ before the pe-
riod; 
(5) in subsection (e)(6)(A)(ii), insert ‘‘, or will 
serve a significant population of people with disabil-
ities’’ after ‘‘other applicants’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding people with disabilities,’’ after ‘‘women and 
children’’; 
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(7) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding people with disabilities’’ before the semi-
colon; 
(8) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘and vet-
erans at risk of homelessness’’ and inserting ‘‘vet-
erans at risk of homelessness, and people with dis-
abilities who are homeless or at risk of homeless-
ness’’; 
(9) in subsection (i)(1), by inserting ‘‘, inclusive 
of people with disabilities in these communities’’ be-
fore the period; and 
(10) in subsection (j)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) provide communication devices, aids, 
or services to meet disability accessibility re-
quirements.’’. 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 
amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to 
modify the manner in which funding is provided to tar-
geted populations on the date of enactment of this Act 
or to otherwise shift the focus of programming for such 
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populations. Such amendments are intended to ensure 
that members of targeted populations with disabilities are 
included in such programming, have access to care, and 
are served under programs under section 330 of the Public 
Health Service Act (as amended by this section). 
Æ 
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