To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.

Bill: 115-hr-3417
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-26
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding

Medical education

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants for the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at teaching health centers and behavioral health care centers.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3417 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2017 Ms. Schakowsky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.

1. Pilot program To improve community-based care infrastructure (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services may award grants to qualified teaching health centers (as defined in section 340H of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256h )) and behavioral health care centers (as defined by the Secretary, to include both substance abuse and mental health care facilities) to support the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at such centers. (b) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.