[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.