    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 117, 108th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    117 STAT. 2020

    Public Law 108-163
    108th Congress

    An Act

    To make certain technical and conforming amendments to correct the
    Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002. [NOTE: Dec. 6, 2003 -  [H.R.
    3038]]

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress assembled, [NOTE: Health Care
    Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003.]

    SECTION 1. [NOTE: 42 USC 201 note.] SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Safety Net Amendments
    Technical Corrections Act of 2003''.

    SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Health Centers.--
    (1) In general.--Section 330 of the Public Health Service
    Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amended to read as if--
    (A) subparagraph (C) of the second paragraph (4) of
    section 101 of Public Law 107-251 had not been enacted;
    (B) paragraph (7)(C) of such section 101 had not
    been enacted; and
    (C) paragraphs (8) through (11) of such section 101
    had not been enacted.
    (2) Amendments per public law 107-251.--Section 330 of the
    Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), as amended by
    paragraph (1), is amended--
    (A) in subsection (c)(1)(B), in the matter preceding
    clause (i), by striking ``plan..'' and inserting
    ``plan.'';
    (B) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iii), in subclause (I),
    by adding ``or'' at the end;
    (C) by striking subsection (k);
    (D) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection
    (k);
    (E) by inserting after subsection (i) a subsection
    that is identical to the subsection (j) that appears (as
    an amendment) in section 101(8)(C) of Public Law 107-
    251;
    (F) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection
    (r), by transferring it from its current placement, and
    by inserting it after subsection (q);
    (G) by inserting before subsection (m) a subsection
    that is identical to the subsection that appears (as an
    amendment) in section 101(9) of Public Law 107-251, and
    by redesignating as subsection (l) the subsection that
    is so inserted;
    (H) in subsection (l) (as inserted and redesignated
    by subparagraph (G) of this paragraph), in the first
    sentence--
    (i) by inserting after ``shall provide'' the
    following: ``(either through the Department of
    Health and Human Services or by grant or
    contract)''; and

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    (ii) by striking ``(l)(3)'' and inserting
    ``(k)(3)'';
    (I) in subsection (p), by striking ``(j)(3)(G)'' and
    inserting ``(k)(3)(G)''; and
    (J) in subsection (r) (as redesignated, transferred,
    and inserted by subparagraph (F) of this paragraph)--
    (i) in paragraph (1), by striking
    ``$802,124,000'' and all that follows through the
    period and inserting ``$1,340,000,000 for fiscal
    year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for
    each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006.'';
    (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)--
    (I) by striking ``(j)(3))'' and
    inserting ``(k)(3))''; and
    (II) by striking ``(j)(3)(G)(ii)''
    and inserting ``(k)(3)(H)''; and
    (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking
    subparagraph (B) and inserting a subparagraph that
    is identical to the subparagraph (B) that appears
    (as an amendment) in section 101(11)(B)(ii) of
    Public Law 107-251.

    (b) Rural Health Outreach.--Section 330A(b)(4) of the Public Health
    Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(b)(4)) is amended by striking ``799B'' and
    inserting ``799B(6)''.
    (c) Telehealth.--Section 330I of the Public Health Service Act (42
    U.S.C. 254c-14) is amended--
    (1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ``799B'' and inserting
    ``799B(6)''; and
    (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``Health and Resources
    and Services Administration'' and inserting ``Health Resources
    and Services Administration''.

    (d) Mental Health Services Via Telehealth.--Section 330K of the
    Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-16) is amended--
    (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``subsection (a)(4)''
    and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)''; and
    (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection
    (a)(4)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)(A)''; and
    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subsection
    (a)(4)(B)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(3)(B)''.

    (e) Telemedicine Incentive Grants.--
    (1) In general.--Subpart I of part D of title III of
    the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.)
    is amended by adding at the end the following:

    ``SEC. 330L. [NOTE: 42 USC 254c-18.] TELEMEDICINE; INCENTIVE GRANTS
    REGARDING COORDINATION AMONG STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make grants to State
    professional licensing boards to carry out programs under which such
    licensing boards of various States cooperate to develop and implement
    State policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to
    telemedicine.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
    out subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
    may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.''.
    (2) Repeal.--Section 102 of the Health Care Safety Net
    Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) [NOTE: 42 USC 254c-
    17.]  is repealed.

    (f) Health Professional Shortage Areas.--

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    (1) In general.--Section 332 of the Public Health Service
    Act (42 U.S.C. 254e) is amended--
    (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
    (i) by striking ``such date of enactment'' and
    inserting ``such date of designation''; and
    (ii) by striking ``, issued after the date of
    enactment of this Act, that revise'' and inserting
    ``regarding''; and
    (B) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``330(h)(4)''
    and inserting ``330(h)(5)'';
    (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking
    ``designation,.'' and inserting ``designation.''; and
    (D) by adding at the end the following:

    ``(j)(1) [NOTE: Reports. Regulations.] The Secretary shall submit
    the report described in paragraph (2) if the Secretary, acting through
    the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
    issues--
    ``(A) a regulation that revises the definition of a health
    professional shortage area for purposes of this section; or
    ``(B) a regulation that revises the standards concerning
    priority of such an area under section 333A.

    ``(2) On issuing a regulation described in paragraph (1), the
    Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and
    Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health,
    Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that describes the
    regulation.
    ``(3) [NOTE: Effective date.] Each regulation described in
    paragraph (1) shall take effect 180 days after the committees described
    in paragraph (2) receive a report referred to in such paragraph
    describing the regulation.''.
    (2) Repeal.--Subsection (b) of section 302 of the Health
    Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 [NOTE: 42 USC 254e
    note.] (Public Law 107-251) is repealed.

    (g) Assignment of Corps Personnel.--Section 333(a)(1) of the Public
    Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f) is amended by moving subparagraph
    (C) so that the margin of subparagraph (C) is aligned with the margins
    of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D).
    (h) Priorities in Assignment of Corps Personnel.--Section 333A(c)(4)
    of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f-1(c)(4)) is amended by
    striking ``30 days'' and inserting ``30 days from such notification''.
    (i) Charges for Services.--Section 334(b)(1)(B) of the Public Health
    Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254g(b)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ``the
    payment of'' after ``applied to''.
    (j) National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program.--Section
    338A(d)(1) (42 U.S.C. 254l(d)(1)) is amended by moving subparagraph (B)
    so that the margin of subparagraph (B) is aligned with the margin of
    subparagraphs (A) and (C).
    (k) National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.--Section
    338B(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1) is amended
    by striking ``Participation.--'' and all that follows through ``An
    individual'' and inserting ``Participation.--An individual''.
    (l) Breach of Contract.--
    (1) In general.--Section 338E of the Public Health Service
    Act (42 U.S.C. 254o) is amended--
    (A) in subsection (c)(1), by moving subparagraphs
    (A), (B), and (C), and the flush matter following
    subparagraph (C), 2 ems to the left; and
    (B) by adding at the end the following:

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    ``(f) [NOTE: Applicability.] The amendment made by section
    313(a)(4) of the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law
    107-251) shall apply to any obligation for which a discharge in
    bankruptcy has not been granted before the date that is 31 days after
    the date of enactment of such Act.''.
    (2) Repeal.--Subsection (b) of section 313 of the Health
    Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 [NOTE: 42 USC 254o note.]
    (Public Law 107-251) is repealed.

    (m) Miscellaneous.--The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et
    seq.) is amended--
    (1) in subsections (g)(1)(G)(ii), (k)(2), and (n)(1)(C) of
    section 224, and sections 317A(a)(2), 317E(c), and
    318A(e), [NOTE: 42 USC 233, 247b-1, 247b-6, 247c-1.] by
    striking ``330, 330(h)'' and inserting ``330'';
    (2) in section 1313, [NOTE: 42 USC 300e-12.]  by striking
    ``329, 330, and 330(h)'' and inserting ``329 and 330''; and
    (3) in section 2652(a)(2), [NOTE: 42 USC 300ff-52.]  by
    striking ``section 340'' and inserting ``section 330(h)''.

    (n) Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.--The Health Care
    Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) is amended--
    (1) in section 404(c)(5), [NOTE: 42 USC 1396a note.] by
    striking ``Health Care Financing Administration and the Health
    Research'' and inserting ``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
    Services and the Health Resources''; and
    (2) in section 501, [NOTE: 42 USC 254b note.] by striking
    ``solvency for managed care networks'' and inserting
    ``guarantees of solvency for managed care networks or plans''.

    SEC. 3. [NOTE: 42 USC 233 note.] EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act is deemed to have taken effect immediately after the
    enactment of Public Law 107-251.

    Approved December 6, 2003.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3038:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 108-275 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 149 (2003):
    Oct. 1, considered and passed House.
    Nov. 20, considered and passed Senate.