[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 2997 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2997

 To revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the 
                       Public Health Service Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2019

   Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Enzi, and Ms. McSally) 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 revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the 
                       Public Health Service Act.

    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 ``Title VII Health Care Workforce Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS WORKFORCE PROGRAMS.

    Title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 736 (42 U.S.C. 293), by striking subsection 
        (i) and inserting the following:
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $23,711,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024.'';
            (2) in section 740 (42 U.S.C. 293d)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``$51,000,000 
                for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary 
                for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014'' and 
                inserting ``$48,970,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
                through 2024'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``$5,000,000 for 
                each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014'' and 
                inserting ``$1,190,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
                through 2024'';
                    (C) in subsection (c), by striking ``$60,000,000 
                for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary 
                for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014'' and 
                inserting ``$14,189,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
                through 2024''; and
                    (D) in subsection (d), by striking ``Not Later than 
                6 months after the date of enactment of this part, the 
                Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
                committees of Congress'' and inserting: ``Not later 
                than September 30, 2024, and every five years 
                thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to 
                the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
                of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
                of the House of Representatives,'';
            (3) in section 747 (42 U.S.C. 293k)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)(G), by striking ``to plan, 
                develop, and operate a demonstration program that 
                provides training'' and inserting: ``to plan, develop, 
                and operate a program that identifies or develops 
                innovative models of providing care, and trains primary 
                care physicians on such models and'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(3)(E), by striking 
                ``substance-related disorders'' and inserting 
                ``substance use disorders''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
                ``$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as 
                may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
                2014'' and inserting ``$48,924,000 for each of fiscal 
                years 2020 through 2024'';
            (4) in section 748 (42 U.S.C. 293k-2)--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(5), by striking ``substance-
                related disorders'' and inserting ``substance use 
                disorders''; and
                    (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``$30,000,000 
                for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary 
                for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015'' and 
                inserting ``$28,531,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
                through 2024'';
            (5) in section 749(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 293l(d)(2)), by 
        striking ``Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the 
        Senate, and the Committee on Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives'' and inserting ``Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee 
        on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives'';
            (6) in section 751(j)(1) (42 U.S.C. 294a(j)(1)), by 
        striking ``$125,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 
        through 2014'' and inserting ``$39,250,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2020 through 2024'';
            (7) in section 754(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 294d(b)(1)(A)), by 
        striking ``new and innovative'' and inserting ``innovative or 
        evidence-based'';
            (8) in section 755(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 294e(b)(1)(A)), by 
        striking ``the elderly'' and inserting ``geriatric populations 
        or for maternal and child health'';
            (9) in section 761(e) (42 U.S.C. 294n(e))--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``$7,500,000 
                for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014'' and 
                inserting ``$5,663,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
                through 2024''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection 
                (a)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)'';
            (10) in section 762 (42 U.S.C. 294o)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``Committee 
                on Labor and Human Resources'' and inserting 
                ``Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                Pensions'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Health 
                        Care Financing Administration'' and inserting 
                        ``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services'';
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 
                        through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (7), 
                        respectively; and
                            (iii) by inserting after paragraph (3), the 
                        following:
            ``(4) the Administrator of the Health Resources and 
        Services Administration;'';
                    (C) by striking subsections (i), (j), and (k) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(i) Reports.--Not later than September 30, 2023, and not less 
than every 5 years thereafter, the Council shall submit to the 
Secretary, and to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives, a report on the recommendations described in 
subsection (a).''; and
                    (D) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 
                (j);
            (11) in section 766(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 295a(b)(1)), by 
        striking ``that plans'' and all that follows through the period 
        and inserting ``that plans, develops, operates, and evaluates 
        projects to improve preventive medicine, health promotion and 
        disease prevention, or access to and quality of health care 
        services in rural or medically underserved communities.''; and
            (12) in section 770(a) (42 U.S.C. 295e(a)), by striking 
        ``$43,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2015'' and 
        inserting ``$17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
        2024''.
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