Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3038 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

H.R.3038

One Hundred Eighth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three

An Act

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.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.