[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1216 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1216


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2011

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate 
  medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct 
         appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.

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

SECTION 1. CONVERTING FUNDING FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN 
              QUALIFIED TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS FROM DIRECT 
              APPROPRIATIONS TO AN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 256h), as added by section 5508(c) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ``under subsection 
        (g)'' each place it appears and inserting ``pursuant to 
        subsection (g)'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ``in subsection 
        (g)'' and inserting ``pursuant to subsection (g)''; and
            (3) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $46,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2012 through 2015.''.
    (b) Rescission of Unobligated Funds.--Of the amounts made available 
by such section 340H (42 U.S.C. 256h), the unobligated balance is 
rescinded.
    (c) Technical Correction.--The second subpart XI of part D of title 
III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256i), as added by 
section 10333 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
Law 111-148), is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subpart XI as subpart XII; and
            (2) by redesignating section 340H of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256i) as section 340I.
    (d) Prohibition Against Abortion.--Section 340H of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(k) Prohibition Against Abortion.--
            ``(1) None of the funds made available pursuant to 
        subsection (g) shall be used to provide any abortion or 
        training in the provision of abortions.
            ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an abortion--
                    ``(A) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
                rape or incest; or
                    ``(B) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
                physical disorder, physical injury, or physical 
                illness, that would, as certified by a physician, place 
                the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
                performed including a life endangering physical 
                condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy 
                itself.
            ``(3) None of the funds made available pursuant to 
        subsection (g) may be provided to a qualified teaching health 
        center if such center subjects any institutional or individual 
        health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
        health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage 
        of, or refer for abortions.
            ``(4) In this subsection, the term `health care entity' 
        includes an individual physician or other health care 
        professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
        health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or 
        any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
        plan.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 25, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.