HEADs UP Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3380 To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand and improve health care services by health centers and the National Health Service Corps for individuals with a developmental disability, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 16, 2023 Mr. MOULTON (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. DINGELL, and Mr. MORELLE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand and improve health care services by health centers and the National Health Service Corps for individuals with a developmental disability, 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 ‘‘Healthcare Extension 4 and Accessibility for Developmentally disabled and Under- 5 served Population Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘HEADs UP Act 6 of 2023’’. 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3380.IH H3380 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3380 IH SEC. 2. HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY HEALTH CENTERS AND 1 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS FOR IN- 2 DIVIDUALS WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DIS- 3 ABILITY. 4 (a) INCLUSION WITHIN SPECIAL MEDICALLY UN- 5 DERSERVED POPULATIONS FOR PURPOSES OF HEALTH 6 CENTER DEFINITION.—Section 330(a)(1) of the Public 7 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(1)) is amended by 8 striking ‘‘or a special medically underserved population 9 comprised of migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, 10 the homeless, and residents of public housing,’’ and insert- 11 ing ‘‘or a special medically underserved population com- 12 prised of migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, the 13 homeless, residents of public housing, and individuals with 14 a developmental disability’’. 15 (b) DEFINITIONS.— 16 (1) ADDITIONAL HEALTH SERVICES.—Section 17 330(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 18 U.S.C. 330(b)(2)) is amended— 19 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 20 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 21 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 22 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 23 (C) by adding at the end the following: 24 ‘‘(E) in the case of health centers receiving 25 grants under subsection (j), specially trained 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3380.IH H3380 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3380 IH dental care services for individuals with a devel- 1 opmental disability who require specialized 2 care.’’. 3 (2) INDIVIDUALS WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DIS- 4 ABILITY.—Section 330(b) of the Public Health Serv- 5 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(a)(1)) is amended by add- 6 ing at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(4) INDIVIDUALS WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL 8 DISABILITY.—In this section, the term ‘individuals 9 with a developmental disability’ means individuals 10 with a developmental disability as defined in section 11 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 12 and Bill of Rights Act of 2000.’’. 13 (c) GRANTS FOR SERVICES.— 14 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 330 of the Pub- 15 lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is amend- 16 ed— 17 (A) by redesignating subsections (j) 18 through (r) as subsections (k) through (s), re- 19 spectively; and 20 (B) by inserting after subsection (i) the 21 following: 22 ‘‘(j) INDIVIDUALS WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DIS- 23 ABILITY.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3380.IH H3380 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3380 IH ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 1 grants for the purposes described in subsections (c), 2 (e), and (f) for the planning and delivery of services 3 to a special medically underserved population com- 4 prised of individuals with a developmental disability, 5 including grants for innovative programs that pro- 6 vide outreach and comprehensive primary health 7 services, including dental care, to individuals with a 8 developmental disability including such individuals 9 who require specialized care. 10 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED SERVICES.—In addition to re- 11 quired primary health services (as defined in sub- 12 section (b)(1)), an entity that receives a grant under 13 this subsection shall be required to provide special- 14 ized treatment, as necessary, to individuals with a 15 developmental disability as a condition of such 16 grant. 17 ‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT REQUIRE- 18 MENT.—A grant awarded under this subsection shall 19 be expended to supplement, and not supplant, the 20 expenditures of the health center and the value of in 21 kind contributions for the delivery of services to the 22 population described in paragraph (1).’’. 23 (2) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 330(a)(2) 24 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3380.IH H3380 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3380 IH 254b(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘or (i)’’ and in- 1 serting ‘‘(i), or (j)’’. 2 (d) FUNDING REPORT.—Section 330(r)(3)(A) of the 3 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(r)(3)(4)) is 4 amended by striking ‘‘and migratory and seasonal agricul- 5 tural workers,’’ and inserting ‘‘migratory and seasonal ag- 6 ricultural workers, and individuals with a developmental 7 disability,’’. 8 (e) INCLUSION FOR PURPOSES OF HEALTH PROFES- 9 SIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS.—Section 332(a)(3) of the 10 Public Health Service Act is amended by striking ‘‘and 11 residents of public housing (as defined in section 3(b)(1) 12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 13 1437a(b)(1)))’’ and inserting ‘‘residents of public housing 14 (as defined in section 3(b)(1) of the United States Hous- 15 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(1))), and individuals 16 with a developmental disability (as defined in section 17 330(b))’’. 18 SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL TREAT- 19 MENT AS REQUIRED PRIMARY HEALTH SERV- 20 ICES. 21 Subclause (I) of section 330(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Public 22 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 330(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amend- 23 ed by inserting before the semicolon at the end the fol- 24 lowing: ‘‘and services related to dentistry that are fur- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3380.IH H3380 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3380 IH nished by dentists and where appropriate dental hygien- 1 ists’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3380.IH H3380 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS