MOTION Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8017 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to establish, improve, and maintain mobile testing programs for SARS–CoV–2 and COVID–19, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 11, 2020 Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL (for herself, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. COX of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CLY- BURN, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to establish, improve, and maintain mobile testing programs for SARS–CoV– 2 and COVID–19, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mobile Options for 4 Testing In Our Neighborhoods Act’’ or the ‘‘MOTION 5 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8017.IH H8017 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8017 IH SEC. 2. MOBILE TESTING FOR SARS–COV–2 AND COVID–19. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 3 and Human Services (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec- 4 retary’’) shall award grants to establish, improve, and 5 maintain mobile testing programs to conduct testing for 6 SARS–CoV–2 and COVID–19. 7 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this section, the term ‘‘el- 8 igible entity’’ means— 9 (1) a health center (as defined in section 330 10 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 3 11 254b)), including community health centers; 12 (2) a federally qualified health center (as de- 13 fined in section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 14 U.S.C. 1395x)); 15 (3) a rural health clinic (as defined in section 16 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x)); 17 (4) a State, local, Tribal, or territorial health 18 department; 19 (5) medical centers and research labs at an in- 20 stitution of higher education (as defined in section 21 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 22 U.S.C. 1001)); 23 (6) nonprofit organizations; and 24 (7) any other entity as determined by the Sec- 25 retary. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8017.IH H8017 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8017 IH (c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving 1 grant funds under subsection (a) shall use the funds to— 2 (1) purchase equipment and supplies to conduct 3 mobile testing for SARS–CoV–2 and COVID–19; 4 (2) serve multiple communities (including zip 5 codes or cities) in a period determined by the Sec- 6 retary; 7 (3) purchase, lease, and maintain mobile vehi- 8 cles and equipment to conduct such testing; 9 (4) hire and train laboratory personnel and 10 other staff to conduct such testing; 11 (5) provide or administer, as the case may be— 12 (A) vaccines licensed under section 351 of 13 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) 14 for SARS–CoV–2 or COVID–19; and 15 (B) drugs and biological products— 16 (i) approved under sections 505 and 17 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos- 18 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 355 and 360bbb–3) 19 for SARS–CoV–2 or COVID–19; or 20 (ii) licensed under section 351 of the 21 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) 22 for the cure, mitigation, or treatment of 23 SARS–CoV–2 or COVID–19; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8017.IH H8017 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 8017 IH (6) carry out other activities related to such 1 testing, as determined by the Secretary. 2 (d) CONSIDERATION.—In establishing the grant pro- 3 gram under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into 4 consideration COVID–19 testing plans required under the 5 fourth proviso under the second paragraph under the 6 heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 7 Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Serv- 8 ices’’ of title 1 of division B of the Paycheck Protection 9 Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 10 116–139). 11 (e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants pursuant to this 12 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 13 that serve— 14 (1) communities that have limited access to 15 transportation, including communities— 16 (A) with a high percentage of households 17 that do not have access to private vehicles; 18 (B) that do not have public transit; 19 (C) with a high percentage of individuals 20 who primarily use public transit for transpor- 21 tation; or 22 (D) with reduced access to public transit 23 as a result of the spread of COVID–19; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8017.IH H8017 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 8017 IH (2) medically underserved populations (as de- 1 fined in section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Serv- 2 ice Act (42 U.S.C 254b(b)(3))); and 3 (3) health professional shortage areas (as de- 4 fined in section 330(a) of the Public Health Service 5 Act (42 U.S.C 254e(a))). 6 (f) REPORTS.— 7 (1) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 8 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, an 9 entity that receives grant funds pursuant to this Act 10 shall submit to the Secretary a report on the activi- 11 ties carried out using such grant funds. 12 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than De- 13 cember 31, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to Con- 14 gress a report on the effectiveness of the activities 15 carried out pursuant to this Act. 16 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 17 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 18 $400,000,000, to remain available until expended. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8017.IH H8017 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS