[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
MAXIMIZING OUTCOMES THROUGH BETTER INVESTMENTS IN LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT
FOR (MOBILE) HEALTH CARE ACT
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 441, S. 958.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The bill clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 958) to amend the Public Health Service Act to
expand the allowable use criteria for new access points
grants for community health centers.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill,
which had been reported from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
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.
Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported
substitute amendment be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as
amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was
agreed to.
The bill (S. 958), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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