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[S. 958 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 441
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 958

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use 
  criteria for new access points grants for community health centers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2021

 Ms. Rosen (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
Braun, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Ossoff) introduced the following bill; which 
  was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
                          Labor, and Pensions

                             July 12, 2022

               Reported by Mrs. Murray, 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 expand the allowable use 
  criteria for new access points grants for community health centers.

    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 ``Maximizing Outcomes through 
Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care 
Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. NEW ACCESS POINTS GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 330(e)(6)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) Mobile units.--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) In general.--A 
                                mobile unit may qualify as a new 
                                delivery site under clause (i), 
                                regardless of whether the applicant 
                                additionally proposes to establish a 
                                permanent, full-time site.</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) Definition of 
                                mobile unit.--In this clause, the term 
                                `mobile unit'--</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    ``(aa) means a 
                                        unit that is staffed by 
                                        clinicians working for or on 
                                        behalf of a health center to 
                                        provide medical or oral health 
                                        services at one or more 
                                        locations--</DELETED>

                                                <DELETED>    ``(AA) to 
                                                a target population 
                                                specified in the 
                                                application for a grant 
                                                under subparagraph (A) 
                                                or (B) of paragraph 
                                                (1); and</DELETED>

                                                <DELETED>    ``(BB) for 
                                                a total of not less 
                                                than 40 hours per week; 
                                                and</DELETED>

                                        <DELETED>    ``(bb) may include 
                                        a geographic rotation so long 
                                        as access to medical or oral 
                                        health services through such 
                                        unit for such target population 
                                        is available not less than 2 
                                        times per month for each 
                                        geographic location.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) Costs for renovation and 
                        new construction.--The costs for which a grant 
                        described in clause (i) is made may include 
                        costs associated with--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) acquiring, leasing, 
                                expanding, or renovating an existing 
                                building for providing health services 
                                to medically underserved 
                                populations;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) constructing a new 
                                building for such purposes; 
                                or</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(III) acquiring, 
                                leasing, expanding, or renovating 
                                mobile medical equipment or vehicles to 
                                establish a new delivery site for such 
                                purposes.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vii) Requirements with respect 
                        to real property, equipment, and other capital 
                        assets.--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) Real property.--A 
                                recipient of a grant described in 
                                clause (i) shall use any real property 
                                constructed, purchased, or 
                                significantly improved with funds 
                                awarded through such grant for the 
                                purposes for which the property was so 
                                constructed, purchased, or 
                                significantly improved for a period of 
                                12 years. At the conclusion of such 
                                period, any Federal interest under this 
                                paragraph in such property shall 
                                expire.</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) Equipment and other 
                                capital assets.--A recipient of a grant 
                                described in clause (i) shall use any 
                                equipment or asset, other than real 
                                property, acquired with funds awarded 
                                through such grant for the purposes for 
                                which the equipment or asset was so 
                                acquired for a period that is the 
                                lesser of the remaining useful life of 
                                the equipment or asset or 6 years. At 
                                the conclusion of such period, any 
                                Federal interest under this paragraph 
                                in such equipment or asset shall 
                                expire.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Maximizing Outcomes through Better 
Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act''.

SEC. 2. NEW ACCESS POINTS GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 330(e)(6)(A) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                            ``(v) Mobile units.--An existing health 
                        center may be awarded funds under clause (i) to 
                        establish a new delivery site that is a mobile 
                        unit, regardless of whether the applicant 
                        additionally proposes to establish a permanent, 
                        full-time site. In the case of a health center 
                        that is not currently receiving funds under 
                        this section, such health center may be awarded 
                        funds under clause (i) to establish a new 
                        delivery site that is a mobile unit only if 
                        such health center uses a portion of such funds 
                        to also establish a permanent, full-time 
                        site.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 2024.
                                                       Calendar No. 441

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 958

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use 
  criteria for new access points grants for community health centers.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 12, 2022

                       Reported with an amendment