[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3417 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3417

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
     pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2017

Ms. Schakowsky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
     pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.

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

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY-BASED CARE 
              INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
award grants to qualified teaching health centers (as defined in 
section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h)) and 
behavioral health care centers (as defined by the Secretary, to include 
both substance abuse and mental health care facilities) to support the 
improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at such 
centers.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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