[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 1775 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1775

  To make certain technical and conforming amendments to correct the 
               Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 22, 2003

 Mr. Bond (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Graham of South 
Carolina, and Mr. Talent) 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 make certain technical and conforming amendments to correct the 
               Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.

    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 ``Health Care Safety Net Amendments 
Technical Corrections Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Health Centers.--
            (1) In general.--Section 330 of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amended to read as if--
                    (A) subparagraph (C) of the second paragraph (4) of 
                section 101 of Public Law 107-251 had not been enacted;
                    (B) paragraph (7)(C) of such section 101 had not 
                been enacted; and
                    (C) paragraphs (8) through (11) of such section 101 
                had not been enacted.
            (2) Amendments per public law 107-251.--Section 330 of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), as amended by 
        paragraph (1), is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(1)(B), in the matter 
                preceding clause (i), by striking ``plan..'' and 
                inserting ``plan.'';
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iii), in subclause (I), 
                by adding ``or'' at the end;
                    (C) by striking subsection (k);
                    (D) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection 
                (k);
                    (E) by inserting after subsection (i) a subsection 
                that is identical to the subsection (j) that appears 
                (as an amendment) in section 101(8)(C) of Public Law 
                107-251;
                    (F) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 
                (r), by transferring it from its current placement, and 
                by inserting it after subsection (q);
                    (G) by inserting before subsection (m) a subsection 
                that is identical to the subsection that appears (as an 
                amendment) in section 101(9) of Public Law 107-251, and 
                by redesignating as subsection (l) the subsection that 
                is so inserted;
                    (H) in subsection (l) (as inserted and redesignated 
                by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph), in the first 
                sentence--
                            (i) by inserting after ``shall provide'' 
                        the following: ``(either through the Department 
                        of Health and Human Services or by grant or 
                        contract)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``(l)(3)'' and inserting 
                        ``(k)(3)'';
                    (I) in subsection (p), by striking ``(j)(3)(G)'' 
                and inserting ``(k)(3)(G)''; and
                    (J) in subsection (r) (as redesignated, 
                transferred, and inserted by subparagraph (F) of this 
                paragraph)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                        ``$802,124,000'' and all that follows through 
                        the period and inserting ``$1,340,000,000 for 
                        fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be 
                        necessary for each of the fiscal years 2003 
                        through 2006.'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``(j)(3))'' and 
                                inserting ``(k)(3))''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``(j)(3)(G)(ii)'' 
                                and inserting ``(k)(3)(H)''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        subparagraph (B) and inserting a subparagraph 
                        that is identical to the subparagraph (B) that 
                        appears (as an amendment) in section 
                        101(11)(B)(ii) of Public Law 107-251.
    (b) Rural Health Outreach.--Section 330A(b)(4) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(b)(4)) is amended by striking ``799B'' and 
inserting ``799B(6)''.
    (c) Telehealth.--Section 330I of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254c-14) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ``799B'' and 
        inserting ``799B(6)''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``Health and 
        Resources and Services Administration'' and inserting ``Health 
        Resources and Services Administration''.
    (d) Mental Health Services via Telehealth.--Section 330K of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-16) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``subsection (a)(4)'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection 
                (a)(4)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)(A)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subsection 
                (a)(4)(B)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)(B)''.
    (e) Telemedicine Incentive Grants.--
                    (1) In general.--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:

``SEC. 330L. TELEMEDICINE; INCENTIVE GRANTS REGARDING COORDINATION 
              AMONG STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make grants to State 
professional licensing boards to carry out programs under which such 
licensing boards of various States cooperate to develop and implement 
State policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to 
telemedicine.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.''.
            (2) Repeal.--Section 102 of the Health Care Safety Net 
        Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is repealed.
    (f) Health Professional Shortage Areas.--
            (1) In general.--Section 332 of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 254e) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
                            (i) by striking ``such date of enactment'' 
                        and inserting ``such date of designation''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``, issued after the date 
                        of enactment of this Act, that revise'' and 
                        inserting ``regarding''; and
                    (B) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``330(h)(4)'' 
                and inserting ``330(h)(5)'';
                    (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 
                ``designation,.'' and inserting ``designation.''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j)(1) The Secretary shall submit the report described in 
paragraph (2) if the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 
Health Resources and Services Administration, issues--
            ``(A) a regulation that revises the definition of a health 
        professional shortage area for purposes of this section; or
            ``(B) a regulation that revises the standards concerning 
        priority of such an area under section 333A.
    ``(2) On issuing a regulation described in paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that describes 
the regulation.
    ``(3) Each regulation described in paragraph (1) shall take effect 
180 days after the committees described in paragraph (2) receive a 
report referred to in such paragraph describing the regulation.''.
            (2) Repeal.--Subsection (b) of section 302 of the Health 
        Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is 
        repealed.
    (g) Assignment of Corps Personnel.--Section 333(a)(1) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f) is amended by moving subparagraph 
(C) so that the margin of subparagraph (C) is aligned with the margins 
of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D).
    (h) Priorities in Assignment of Corps Personnel.--Section 
333A(c)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f-1(c)(4)) is 
amended by striking ``30 days'' and inserting ``30 days from such 
notification''.
    (i) Charges for Services.--Section 334(b)(1)(B) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254g(b)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting 
``the payment of'' after ``applied to''.
    (j) National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program.--Section 
338A(d)(1) (42 U.S.C. 254l(d)(1)) is amended by moving subparagraph (B) 
so that the margin of subparagraph (B) is aligned with the margin of 
subparagraphs (A) and (C).
    (k) National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.--Section 
338B(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1) is amended 
by striking ``Participation.--'' and all that follows through ``An 
individual'' and inserting ``Participation.--An individual''.
    (l) Breach of Contract.--
            (1) In general.--Section 338E of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 254o) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(1), by moving subparagraphs 
                (A), (B), and (C), and the flush matter following 
                subparagraph (C), 2 ems to the left; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) The amendment made by section 313(a)(4) of the Health Care 
Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) shall apply to any 
obligation for which a discharge in bankruptcy has not been granted 
before the date that is 31 days after the date of enactment of such 
Act.''.
            (2) Repeal.--Subsection (b) of section 313 of the Health 
        Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is 
        repealed.
    (m) Miscellaneous.--The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in subsections (g)(1)(G)(ii), (k)(2), and (n)(1)(C) of 
        section 224, and sections 317A(a)(2), 317E(c), and 318A(e), by 
        striking ``330, 330(h)'' and inserting ``330'';
            (2) in section 1313, by striking ``329, 330, and 330(h)'' 
        and inserting ``329 and 330''; and
            (3) in section 2652(a)(2), by striking ``section 340'' and 
        inserting ``section 330(h)''.
    (n) Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.--The Health Care 
Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is amended--
            (1) in section 404(c)(5), by striking ``Health Care 
        Financing Administration and the Health Research'' and 
        inserting ``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the 
        Health Resources''; and
            (2) in section 501, by striking ``solvency for managed care 
        networks'' and inserting ``guarantees of solvency for managed 
        care networks or plans''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act is deemed to have taken effect immediately after the 
enactment of Public Law 107-251.
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