Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act

Bill: 117-hr-5141
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2021-08-31
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction

Dental care

Health care coverage and access

Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Health technology, devices, supplies

Motor vehicles
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 384.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-08-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands and otherwise modifies the allowable uses of New Access Point grant funds. These grants help health centers establish new delivery sites to provide comprehensive primary care to medically underserved populations.</p> <p>Specifically, health centers may use funds to construct or renovate buildings or to set up mobile medical clinics. In addition, a mobile clinic may qualify for grant funding as a new delivery site regardless of whether it is associated with a permanent, full-time site.</p>

action_date: 2022-09-28
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows a health center that currently receives funding through a Health Resources &amp; Services Administration Health Center Program grant to use a New Access Point grant to set up a mobile unit regardless of whether the health center also establishes a permanent health care delivery site.</p> <p>New Access Point grants help health centers establish new delivery sites to provide comprehensive primary care to medically underserved populations. Under current law, health centers may only use the grants to set up a mobile unit if they also establish a permanent site.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5141 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 31, 2021 Mrs. Lee of Nevada (for herself, Mr. Hudson , Mr. Ruiz , and Ms. Herrera Beutler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use criteria for new access points grants for community health centers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act . 2. New access points grants Section 330(e)(6)(A) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)(A) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (v) Mobile units (I) In general A mobile unit may qualify as a new delivery site under clause (i), regardless of whether the applicant additionally proposes to establish a permanent, full-time site. (II) Definition of mobile unit In this clause, the term mobile unit — (aa) means a unit that is staffed by clinicians working for or on behalf of a health center to provide medical or oral health services at one or more locations— (AA) to a target population specified in the application for a grant under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1); and (BB) for a total of not less than 40 hours per week; and (bb) may include a geographic rotation so long as access to medical or oral health services through such unit for such target population is available not less than 2 times per month for each geographic location. (vi) Costs for renovation and new construction The costs for which a grant described in clause (i) is made may include costs associated with— (I) acquiring, leasing, expanding, or renovating an existing building for providing health services to medically underserved populations; (II) constructing a new building for such purposes; or (III) acquiring, leasing, expanding, or renovating mobile medical equipment or vehicles to establish a new delivery site for such purposes. (vii) Requirements with respect to real property, equipment, and other capital assets (I) Real property A recipient of a grant described in clause (i) shall use any real property constructed, purchased, or significantly improved with funds awarded through such grant for the purposes for which the property was so constructed, purchased, or significantly improved for a period of 12 years. At the conclusion of such period, any Federal interest under this paragraph in such property shall expire. (II) Equipment and other capital assets A recipient of a grant described in clause (i) shall use any equipment or asset, other than real property, acquired with funds awarded through such grant for the purposes for which the equipment or asset was so acquired for a period that is the lesser of the remaining useful life of the equipment or asset or 6 years. At the conclusion of such period, any Federal interest under this paragraph in such equipment or asset shall expire. .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 384 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5141 [Report No. 117–513] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 31, 2021 Mrs. Lee of Nevada (for herself, Mr. Hudson , Mr. Ruiz , and Ms. Herrera Beutler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce September 28, 2022 Additional sponsors: Mrs. Trahan , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Butterfield , Mr. Rush , Ms. Schrier , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Tonko , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Peters , Mr. Upton , Mrs. Axne , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Bacon , Mr. O'Halleran , Mrs. McBath , Ms. Kuster , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Harder of California , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Ms. Wild , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Welch , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Craig , Mr. Pappas , Ms. Meng , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. McNerney , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Sires , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Ms. Manning , Mr. Soto , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Cuellar , Mr. San Nicolas , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Case , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Phillips , Mr. Gottheimer , Miss González-Colón , Mr. Kahele , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Ms. Sewell , Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas , Mr. Costa , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , Mr. Cartwright , Ms. McCollum , Mr. McEachin , Mr. Horsford , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Keating , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Lamb , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , Mr. Levin of California , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Yarmuth , Mr. Takano , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Ms. Adams , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Ms. Norton , Ms. Dean , Mr. Gallego , Ms. Ross , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Morelle , Mr. Auchincloss , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Meijer , Ms. Bourdeaux , Mr. Aguilar , Mrs. Hinson , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Porter , Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania , Mr. Neguse , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Ms. Newman , Ms. Strickland , Ms. Wexton , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Moulton , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Mace , Ms. Leger Fernandez , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Sherrill , Mr. Correa , Mr. Crow , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Perlmutter , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Trone , Mr. Deutch , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Clyburn , Mr. Allred , Ms. Houlahan , Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Joyce of Ohio , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Mfume , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Carson , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Schiff , Mrs. Luria , Mr. Garbarino , Mr. Lynch , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Ms. Bass , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Chu , Ms. Slotkin , Mr. Malinowski , Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Golden , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Moolenaar , Mrs. Murphy of Florida , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Bera , Mr. Jeffries , Mr. Himes , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. Jones , Ms. Titus , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mrs. Kim of California , Mr. Kind , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Mr. Torres of New York , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Casten , Mrs. Demings , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Lieu , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Langevin , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mr. Foster , Ms. Bush , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Mr. Neal , Mr. Payne , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Swalwell , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Evans , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Mrvan , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Kim of New Jersey , Mr. Stanton , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mrs. Steel , and Mrs. Torres of California September 28, 2022 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 31, 2021 A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use criteria for new access points grants for community health centers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act . 2. New access points grants (a) In general Section 330(e)(6)(A) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)(A) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (v) Mobile units An existing health center may be awarded funds under clause (i) to establish a new delivery site that is a mobile unit, regardless of whether the applicant additionally proposes to establish a permanent, full-time site. In the case of a health center that is not currently receiving funds under this section, such health center may be awarded funds under clause (i) to establish a new delivery site that is a mobile unit only if such health center uses a portion of such funds to also establish a permanent, full-time site. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2024.

September 28, 2022 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed