[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4929 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4929

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of 
   demonstration projects to provide outreach services regarding the 
    utilization of health benefits under Federal, State, and local 
                               programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 10, 1994

Mr. Brown of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of 
   demonstration projects to provide outreach services regarding the 
    utilization of health benefits under Federal, State, and local 
                               programs.

    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 ``Women and Children's Health Outreach 
and Education Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM OF OUTREACH SERVICES REGARDING 
              UTILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

    Subpart I of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
section:

    ``outreach services regarding utilization of health care system

    ``Sec. 330A. (a) Demonstration Projects for Education and Other 
Services.--The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit 
private entities to carry out demonstration projects for the purposes 
of--
            ``(1) identifying individuals who may be eligible for 
        Federal, State, or local programs that provide health services 
        to residents of communities described in subsection (b), but 
        who are not participating in the programs;
            ``(2) assisting individuals in establishing eligibility for 
        the benefits of the programs;
            ``(3) educating individuals on the procedures that eligible 
        individuals under the programs are to use to obtain the 
        benefits, and educating individuals on otherwise utilizing the 
        benefits; and
            ``(4) providing the services described in subsection (c) to 
        enable individuals to utilize the benefits.
    ``(b) Eligible Communities.--For purposes of subsection (a)(1), the 
communities described in this subsection are--
            ``(1) communities whose residents include a significant 
        number of individuals who are members of a medically 
        underserved population (as defined in section 330);
            ``(2) communities that are a health professional shortage 
        area designated under section 332 (or a significant portion of 
        which is such an area); and
            ``(3) with respect to the rate of infant mortality for the 
        5-year period preceding the fiscal year for which a grant under 
        subsection (a) is sought, communities whose rate is 
        significantly above the national rate.
    ``(c) Certain Services.--For purposes of subsection (a)(4), the 
services described in this subsection are transportation, child care, 
translation services, and such other services as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate in carrying out such purposes.
    ``(d) Cultural Context of Services.--The Secretary may make a grant 
under subsection (a) only if the applicant for the grant agrees that 
the services of the demonstration project involved will be provided in 
the language and cultural context most appropriate for the individuals 
served by the program.
    ``(e) Application for Grant.--The Secretary may make a grant under 
subsection (a) only if an application for the grant is submitted to the 
Secretary and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, 
and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 
for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 1996 and 1997.''.
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