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IBUnion Calendar No. 587116th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 2328[Report No. 116–332, Part I]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 15, 2019Mr. O'Halleran (for himself and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceDecember 9, 2019Reported with amendments and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for a period ending not later than January 29, 2020, for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(r) of rule XStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicJanuary 29, 2020Referral to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure extended for a period ending not later than February 19, 2020February 19, 2020Referral to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure extended for a period ending not later than April 23, 2020April 23, 2020Referral to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure extended for a period ending not later than July 31, 2020July 31, 2020Referral to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure extended for a period ending not later than September 21, 2020September 21, 2020Referral to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure extended for a period ending not later than November 20, 2020November 17, 2020Referral to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure extended for a period ending not later than December 31, 2020December 31, 2020Additional sponsors: Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Omar, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Courtney, Mrs. Hartzler, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Rush, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Engel, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Peters, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Turner, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Vela, Mr. Heck, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Young, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Tipton, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Sires, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Cole, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Stivers, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Bass, Mr. Norman, Mr. Takano, Mr. Luján, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Katko, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Griffith, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Bost, Mr. Walden, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Correa, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Finkenauer, Mr. Foster, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Schneider, Mr. McAdams, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Soto, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Brindisi, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Peterson, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Keating, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Demings, and Mrs. HayesDecember 31, 2020Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printedFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 15, 2019A BILLTo reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.

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Short title; table of contents

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reauthorizing and Extending America’s Community Health Act or the REACH Act.(b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Title I—Public Health ExtendersSec. 101. Extension for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs.Sec. 102. Extension for special diabetes programs.Sec. 103. Extension of Personal Responsibility Education Program.Sec. 104. Extension of sexual risk avoidance education program.Title II—Medicare ExtendersSec. 201. Extension of the work geographic index floor under the Medicare program.Sec. 202. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs.Sec. 203. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection under the Medicare program.Sec. 204. Extension of the Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Program under the Medicare program.Sec. 205. Extension of appropriations and transfers to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund; extension of certain health insurance fees.Sec. 206. Transitional coverage and retroactive Medicare part D coverage for certain low-income beneficiaries.Sec. 207. Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers Act of 2019.Sec. 208. Exclusion of complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs from Medicare competitive acquisition program; Non-application of Medicare fee-schedule adjustments for certain wheelchair accessories and cushions.Title III—Medicaid ProvisionsSec. 301. Modification of reductions in Medicaid DSH allotments.Sec. 302. Public availability of hospital upper payment limit demonstrations.Sec. 303. Report by Comptroller General.Sec. 304. Sense of Congress regarding the need to develop a more permanent legislative solution to provide the territories with a reliable and consistent source of Federal funding under the Medicaid program.Title IV—No Surprises ActSec. 401. Short title.Sec. 402. Preventing surprise medical bills.Sec. 403. Government Accountability Office study on profit- and revenue-sharing in health care.Sec. 404. State All Payer Claims Databases.Sec. 405. Air ambulance cost data reporting program.Sec. 406. Report by Secretary of Labor.Sec. 407. Billing statute of limitations.Sec. 408. GAO report on impact of surprise billing provisions.Sec. 409. Report by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.Title V—Territories Health Care Improvement ActSec. 501. Short title.Sec. 502. Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico and the other territories for certain fiscal years.Sec. 503. Application of certain requirements under Medicaid program to certain territories.Sec. 504. Additional program integrity requirements.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to reauthorize and extend funding for critical public health programs that improve access to health care and strengthen the health care workforce, to extend provisions of the Medicare program, to strengthen the Medicaid program in the territories, to protect health care consumers from surprise billing practices, and for other purposes..December 31, 2020Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed