Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1943 To provide funding for Federally qualified health centers and the National Health Service Corps. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 28, 2019 Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. OMAR, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JOHN- SON of Georgia, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. COX of California, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. NADLER, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. WIL- SON of Florida, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CLAY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CASE, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LEVIN of California, and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide funding for Federally qualified health centers and the National Health Service Corps. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:32 Apr 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1943.IH H1943 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1943 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Health 2 Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 3 2019’’. 4 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10503(b)(1) of the Pa- 6 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 7 254b–2(b)(1)) is amended— 8 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 9 the end; 10 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period 11 and inserting a semicolon; and 12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 13 ‘‘(G) $6,189,174,200 for fiscal year 2020; 14 ‘‘(H) $6,808,091,620 for fiscal year 2021; 15 ‘‘(I) $7,488,900,782 for fiscal year 2022; 16 ‘‘(J) $8,237,790,860 for fiscal year 2023; 17 and 18 ‘‘(K) $9,061,569,946 for fiscal year 2024; 19 and’’. 20 (b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—In addition to amounts 21 otherwise appropriated under section 10503(b) of the Pa- 22 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 23 254b–2(b)), there is authorized to be appropriated, and 24 there is appropriated, out of amounts not otherwise obli- 25 gated, for the community health centers program under 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:32 Apr 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1943.IH H1943 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 1943 IH section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 1 254b) for capital projects, $4,600,000,000 for the period 2 of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 3 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro- 4 priated under this section shall remain available until ex- 5 pended. 6 SEC. 3. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10503(b)(2) of the Pa- 8 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 9 254b–2(b)(2)) is amended— 10 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 11 the end; 12 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period 13 and inserting a semicolon; and 14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 15 ‘‘(G) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 16 ‘‘(H) $935,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 17 ‘‘(I) $1,028,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; 18 ‘‘(J) $1,131,350,000 for fiscal year 2023; 19 and 20 ‘‘(K) $1,244,485,000 for fiscal year 21 2024.’’. 22 (b) LIMITATION.—Amounts otherwise appropriated 23 for National Health Service Corps may not be reduced as 24 a result of the appropriations made under this section. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:32 Apr 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1943.IH H1943 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 1943 IH (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro- 1 priated under this section shall remain available until ex- 2 pended. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:32 Apr 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1943.IH H1943 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS