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                                                       Calendar No. 638
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3771

     To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional 
 authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under 
                        section 330 of such Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2006

 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Burr, 
   Mr. Harkin, Mr. Bond, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
 Talent, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Reed, 
    Mr. Smith, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Nelson of 
   Florida, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
   Salazar, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Akaka, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
Obama, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Schumer, 
 Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Ensign, Mrs. Feinstein, 
Mr. Lugar, Mr. Warner, Mr. Allen, Mr. Craig, Mr. Burns, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
   Lieberman, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Carper, Mr. Voinovich, Mrs. 
 Lincoln, Mr. Thune, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Enzi) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
               on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

                           September 25, 2006

                Reported by Mr. Enzi, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional 
 authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under 
                        section 330 of such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Centers Renewal Act 
of 2006''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Community, migrant, public housing, and 
        homeless health centers are vital to thousands of communities 
        across the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) There are more than 1,000 such health centers 
        serving over 15,000,000 people at over 3,700 health delivery 
        sites, located in all 50 States of the United States, the 
        District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin 
        Islands, and other territories of the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Health centers provide cost-effective, quality 
        health care to poor and medically underserved people in the 
        States, the District of Columbia, and the territories, 
        including the working poor, the uninsured, and many high-risk 
        and vulnerable populations, and have done so for over 40 
        years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Health centers provide care to 1 of every 8 
        uninsured Americans, 1 of every 4 Americans in poverty, and 1 
        of every 9 rural Americans.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Health centers provide primary and preventive 
        care services to more than 700,000 homeless persons and more 
        than 725,000 farm workers in the United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Health centers are community-oriented and 
        patient-focused and tailor their services to fit the special 
        needs and priorities of local communities, working together 
        with schools, businesses, churches, community organizations, 
        foundations, and State and local governments.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Health centers are built through community 
        initiative.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Health centers encourage citizen participation 
        and provide jobs for 50,000 community residents.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) Congress established the program as a unique 
        public-private partnership, and has continued to provide direct 
        funding to community organizations for the development and 
        operation of health centers systems that address pressing local 
        health needs and meet national performance standards.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) Federal grants assist participating 
        communities in finding partners and recruiting doctors and 
        other health professionals.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) Federal grants constitute, on average, 24 
        percent of the annual budget of such health centers, with the 
        remainder provided by State and local governments, Medicare, 
        Medicaid, private contributions, private insurance, and patient 
        fees.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) Health centers make health care responsive 
        and cost-effective through aggressive outreach, patient 
        education, translation, and other enabling support 
        services.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (13) Health centers help reduce health 
        disparities, meet escalating health care needs, and provide a 
        vital safety net in the health care delivery system of the 
        United States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (14) Health centers increase the use of preventive 
        health services, including immunizations, pap smears, 
        mammograms, and HBa1c tests for diabetes screenings.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (15) Expert studies have demonstrated the impact 
        that these community-owned and patient-controlled primary care 
        delivery systems have achieved both in the reduction of 
        traditional access barriers and the elimination of health 
        disparities among their patients.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HEALTH 
              CENTERS PROGRAM OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 330(r) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b(r)) is amended by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out 
        this section, in addition to the amounts authorized to be 
        appropriated under subsection (d), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated $1,963,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums 
        as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
        2011.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Centers Renewal Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HEALTH CENTERS 
              PROGRAM OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

    Section 330(r) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(r)) 
is amended by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out this 
        section, in addition to the amounts authorized to be 
        appropriated under subsection (d), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated $1,963,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and 
        $2,080,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 638

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3771

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional 
 authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under 
                        section 330 of such Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 25, 2006

                       Reported with an amendment