Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 to make technical and conforming amendments respecting: (1) health centers; (2) rural health outreach; (3) telehealth; (4) mental health services via telehealth; (5) health professional shortage areas; and (6) National Health Service Corps personnel, scholarships, and loan repayment.
Authorizes grants to State professional licensing boards for State cooperation to reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telemedicine.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1775 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1775
To make certain technical and conforming amendments to correct the
Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 22, 2003
Mr. Bond (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Graham of South
Carolina, and Mr. Talent) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions
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A BILL
To make certain technical and conforming amendments to correct the
Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 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
(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. 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) is repealed.
(f) Health Professional Shortage Areas.--
(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) 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) 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 (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:
``(f) 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 (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), by
striking ``330, 330(h)'' and inserting ``330'';
(2) in section 1313, by striking ``329, 330, and 330(h)''
and inserting ``329 and 330''; and
(3) in section 2652(a)(2), 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), 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, by striking ``solvency for managed care
networks'' and inserting ``guarantees of solvency for managed
care networks or plans''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act is deemed to have taken effect immediately after the
enactment of Public Law 107-251.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
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