Title: Hallways to Health Care Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Hallways to Health Care Act
This bill provides FY2022 funding for grants and other activities to support school-based health centers. It also establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a demonstration program for expanding telehealth services in school-based health centers.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1738 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1738

To provide additional funding for school-based health centers, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2021

  Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide additional funding for school-based health centers, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hallways to Health Care Act''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 399Z-1 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280h-5) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Additional Funding.--For purposes of carrying out this 
section, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such 
purposes, there are appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.''.
    (b) Expanded Health Care Services.--Section 399Z-1(l) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280h-5(l)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``For purposes of'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of'';
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Expanded health services.--In addition to amounts 
        made available under paragraph (1), for purposes of supporting 
        entities receiving grants under this section in offering new, 
        expanded behavioral health care services in a SBHC, there are 
        authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 
        2022.''; and
            (3) by redesignating such subsection as subsection (m).
    (c) Grants for the Establishment of School-Based Health Centers.--
Section 4101(a)(5) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111-148; 42 U.S.C. 280h-4 note) is amended by striking 
``for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, $50,000,000'' and 
inserting ``for fiscal year 2022, $100,000,000''.
    (d) Community Health Center Funding.--Section 330 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(s) Additional Funding.--In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available to carry out this section, there are appropriated, out of 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated $125,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2022, of which $25,000,000 shall be allocated to supporting 
entities receiving grants under this section in offering new, expanded 
behavioral health care services.''.

SEC. 3. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO ESTABLISH AND EXPAND THE PROVISION OF 
              TELE-HEALTH SERVICES AT SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.

    Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 2114. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH AND EXPAND THE 
              PROVISION OF TELE-HEALTH SERVICES AT SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH 
              CENTERS.

    ``(a) Establishment.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish criteria for the 
establishment of a demonstration program to provide new tele-health 
services, or to expand existing tele-health service programs, located 
at school-based health centers. A school-based health center's receipt 
of funds under the demonstration program under this section shall not 
preclude the school-based health center from being reimbursed by public 
or private health insurance programs according to State law and 
regulation for items and services furnished by or through the center.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
Funds appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain available 
until expended.''.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    Section 399Z-1 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280h-5) 
is amended by inserting after subsection (k) the following:
    ``(l) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary, acting directly or 
through awarding grants or contracts to private, nonprofit entities, 
shall establish or support existing State school-based health center 
resource centers that--
            ``(1) provide advocacy, training, and technical assistance 
        to school-based health centers, including maximizing Federal 
        and State resources;
            ``(2) support the development of school-based health 
        centers; and
            ``(3) enhance the operations and performance of school-
        based health centers.''.
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