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42 U.S.C. § 254c — Rural health care services outreach, rural health network development, and small health care provider quality improvement grant programs
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to provide grants for expanded delivery of health care services in rural areas, for the planning and implementation of integrated health care networks in rural areas, and for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities.
**(b) Definitions**
(1) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director specified in subsection (d).
(2) **Federally qualified health center; rural health clinic** — The terms “Federally qualified health center” and “rural health clinic” have the meanings given the terms in [section 1395x(aa) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395x/aa&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Health professional shortage area** — The term “health professional shortage area” means a health professional shortage area designated under [section 254e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254e&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Medically underserved community** — The term “medically underserved community” has the meaning given the term in [section 295p(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section295p/6&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Medically underserved population** — The term “medically underserved population” has the meaning given the term in [section 254b(b)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254b/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Program** The Secretary shall establish, under [section 241 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section241&num=0&edition=prelim), a small health care provider quality improvement grant program.
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to provide grants for expanded delivery of health care services in rural areas, for the planning and implementation of integrated health care networks in rural areas, and for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities.
**(b) Definitions**
(1) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director specified in subsection (d).
(2) **Federally qualified health center; rural health clinic** — The terms “Federally qualified health center” and “rural health clinic” have the meanings given the terms in [section 1395x(aa) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395x/aa&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Health professional shortage area** — The term “health professional shortage area” means a health professional shortage area designated under [section 254e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254e&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Medically underserved community** — The term “medically underserved community” has the meaning given the term in [section 295p(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section295p/6&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Medically underserved population** — The term “medically underserved population” has the meaning given the term in [section 254b(b)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254b/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Program** The Secretary shall establish, under [section 241 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section241&num=0&edition=prelim), a small health care provider quality improvement grant program.
**(d) Administration**
(1) **Programs** — The rural health care services outreach, rural health network development, and small health care provider quality improvement grant programs established under [section 241 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section241&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be administered by the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy of the Health Resources and Services Administration, in consultation with State offices of rural health or other appropriate State government entities.
(2) **Grants**
(A) *In general* — In carrying out the programs described in paragraph (1), the Director may award grants under subsections (e), (f), and (g) to expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services, and enhance the delivery of health care, in rural areas.
(B) *Types of grants* — The Director may award the grants to—
(i) promote expanded delivery of health care services in rural areas under subsection (e);
(ii) provide for the planning and implementation of integrated health care networks in rural areas under subsection (f); and
(iii) provide for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities under subsection (g).
**(e) Rural health care services outreach grants**
(1) **Grants** — The Director may award grants to eligible entities to promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services in rural areas, through community engagement and evidence-based or innovative, evidence-informed models. The Director may award the grants for periods of not more than 5 years.
(2) **Eligibility** — To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection for a project, an entity shall—
(A) be an entity with demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations;
(B) represent a consortium composed of members that—
(i) include 3 or more health care providers; and
(ii) may be nonprofit or for-profit entities; and
(C) not previously have received a grant under this subsection for the same or a similar project, unless the entity is proposing to expand the scope of the project or the area that will be served through the project.
(3) **Applications** — To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate State office of rural health or another appropriate State entity, shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—
(A) a description of the project that the eligible entity will carry out using the funds provided under the grant;
(B) a description of the manner in which the project funded under the grant will meet the health care needs of rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served;
(C) a description of how the rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served will be involved in the development and ongoing operations of the project;
(D) a plan for sustaining the project after Federal support for the project has ended;
(E) a description of how the project will be evaluated; and
(F) other such information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
**(f) Rural health network development grants**
(1) **Grants**
(A) *In general* — The Director may award rural health network development grants to eligible entities to plan, develop, and implement integrated health care networks that collaborate in order to—
(i) achieve efficiencies;
(ii) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes; and
(iii) strengthen the rural health care system as a whole.
(B) *Grant periods* — The Director may award grants under this subsection for periods of not more than 5 years.
(2) **Eligibility** — To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall—
(A) be an entity with demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations;
(B) represent a network composed of participants that—
(i) include 3 or more health care providers; and
(ii) may be nonprofit or for-profit entities; and
(C) not previously have received a grant under this subsection (other than a grant for planning activities) for the same or a similar project.
(3) **Applications** — To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate State office of rural health or another appropriate State entity, shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—
(A) a description of the project that the eligible entity will carry out using the funds provided under the grant;
(B) an explanation of the reasons why Federal assistance is required to carry out the project;
(C) a description of—
(i) the history of collaborative activities carried out by the participants in the network;
(ii) the degree to which the participants are ready to integrate their functions; and
(iii) how the rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served will benefit from and be involved in the development and ongoing operations of the network;
(D) a description of how the rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served will experience increased access to quality health care services across the continuum of care as a result of the integration activities carried out by the network;
(E) a plan for sustaining the project after Federal support for the project has ended;
(F) a description of how the project will be evaluated; and
(G) other such information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
**(g) Small health care provider quality improvement grants**
(1) **Grants** — The Director may award grants to provide for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities, including activities related to increasing care coordination, enhancing chronic disease management, and improving patient health outcomes. The Director may award the grants for periods of 1 to 5 years.
(2) **Eligibility** — To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, an entity shall—
(A)
(i) be a rural public or rural nonprofit private health care provider or provider of health care services, such as a critical access hospital or a rural health clinic; or
(ii) be another rural provider or network of small rural providers identified by the Secretary as a key source of local or regional care; and
(B) not previously have received a grant under this subsection for the same or a similar project.
(3) **Applications** — To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate State office of rural health or another appropriate State entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—
(A) a description of the project that the eligible entity will carry out using the funds provided under the grant;
(B) an explanation of the reasons why Federal assistance is required to carry out the project;
(C) a description of the manner in which the project funded under the grant will assure continuous quality improvement in the provision of services by the entity;
(D) a description of how the rural underserved populations in the local community or region to be served will experience increased access to quality health care services across the continuum of care as a result of the activities carried out by the entity;
(E) a plan for sustaining the project after Federal support for the project has ended;
(F) a description of how the project will be evaluated; and
(G) other such information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(4) **Expenditures for small health care provider quality improvement grants** — In awarding a grant under this subsection, the Director shall ensure that the funds made available through the grant will be used to provide services to residents of rural areas. The Director shall award not less than 50 percent of the funds made available under this subsection to providers located in and serving rural areas.
**(h) General requirements**
(1) **Prohibited uses of funds** — An entity that receives a grant under this section may not use funds provided through the grant—
(A) to build or acquire real property; or
(B) for construction.
(2) **Coordination with other agencies** — The Secretary shall coordinate activities carried out under grant programs described in this section, to the extent practicable, with Federal and State agencies and nonprofit organizations that are operating similar grant programs, to maximize the effect of public dollars in funding meritorious proposals.
(3) **Preference** — In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary, as appropriate, shall give preference to entities that—
(A) are located in health professional shortage areas or medically underserved communities, or serve medically underserved populations; or
(B) propose to develop projects with a focus on primary care, and wellness and prevention strategies.
**(i) Report** Not later than 4 years after March 27, 2020, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the activities and outcomes of the grant programs under subsections (e), (f), and (g), including the impact of projects funded under such programs on the health status of rural residents with chronic conditions.
**(j) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $79,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
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There is authorized to be appropriated a sum not to exceed $7,500,000 for the erection and equipment, for the use of the Public Health Service in carrying out the provisions of this Act, of suitable and adequate hospital buildings and facilities, including necessary living quarters for personnel, and of suitable and adequate laboratory buildings and facilities, and such buildings and facilities shall be known as the National Institute of Mental Health. The Administrator of General Services is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, or otherwise, a suitable and adequate site or sites, selected on the advice of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, in or near the District of Columbia for such buildings and facilities, and to erect thereon, furnish, and equip such buildings and facilities. The amount authorized to be appropriated in this section shall include the cost of preparation of drawings and specifications, supervision of construction, and other administrative expenses incident to the work: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall prepare the plans and specifications, make all necessary contracts, and supervise construction.
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**(a) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation established**
(1) **In general** — There is created within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (in this section referred to as the “CMI”) to carry out the duties described in this section. The purpose of the CMI is to test innovative payment and service delivery models to reduce program expenditures under the applicable subchapters while preserving or enhancing the quality of care furnished to individuals under such subchapters. In selecting such models, the Secretary shall give preference to models that also improve the coordination, quality, and efficiency of health care services furnished to applicable individuals defined in paragraph (4)(A).
(2) **Deadline** — The Secretary shall ensure that the CMI is carrying out the duties described in this section by not later than January 1, 2011.
(3) **Consultation** — In carrying out the duties under this section, the CMI shall consult representatives of relevant Federal agencies, and clinical and analytical experts with expertise in medicine and health care management. The CMI shall use open door forums or other mechanisms to seek input from interested parties.
(4) **Definitions** — In this section:
(A) *Applicable individual* — The term “applicable individual” means—
(i) an individual who is entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under part A of subchapter XVIII or enrolled for benefits under part B of such subchapter;
(ii) an individual who is eligible for medical assistance under subchapter XIX, under a State plan or waiver; or
(iii) an individual who meets the criteria of both clauses (i) and (ii).
(B) *Applicable subchapter* — The term “applicable subchapter” means subchapter XVIII, subchapte
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**(a) Designation by Secretary; removal from areas designated; “medical facility” defined**
(1) For purposes of this subpart the term “health professional shortage area” means (A) an area in an urban or rural area (which need not conform to the geographic boundaries of a political subdivision and which is a rational area for the delivery of health services) which the Secretary determines has a health manpower shortage and which is not reasonably accessible to an adequately served area, (B) a population group which the Secretary determines has such a shortage, or (C) a public or nonprofit private medical facility or other public facility which the Secretary determines has such a shortage. All Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act ([42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395x/aa&num=0&edition=prelim)), that meet the requirements of [section 254g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254g&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be automatically designated as having such a shortage. The Secretary shall not remove an area from the areas determined to be health professional shortage areas under subparagraph (A) of the preceding sentence until the Secretary has afforded interested persons and groups in such area an opportunity to provide data and information in support of the designation as a health professional shortage area or a population group described in subparagraph (B) of such sentence or a facility described in subparagraph (C) of such sentence, and has made a determination on the basis of the data and information submitted by such persons and groups and other data and information availabl
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**(a) Authority of Secretary** The Secretary shall conduct in the Service, and encourage, cooperate with, and render assistance to other appropriate public authorities, scientific institutions, and scientists in the conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and impairments of man, including water purification, sewage treatment, and pollution of lakes and streams. In carrying out the foregoing the Secretary is authorized to—
(1) collect and make available through publications and other appropriate means, information as to, and the practical application of, such research and other activities;
(2) make available research facilities of the Service to appropriate public authorities, and to health officials and scientists engaged in special study;
(3) make grants-in-aid to universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or private institutions, and to individuals for such research projects as are recommended by the advisory council to the entity of the Department supporting such projects and make, upon recommendation of the advisory council to the appropriate entity of the Department, grants-in-aid to public or nonprofit universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other institutions for the general support of their research;
(4) secure from time to time and for such periods as he deems advisable, the assistance and advice of experts, scholars, and consultants from the United States or abroad;
(5) for purposes of study, admit and treat at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service, persons not otherwise eligible for such treatment;
(6) make available, to health officials, scientists, a
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**(a) Determination of costs for inpatient hospital services; limitations; exemptions; “operating costs of inpatient hospital services” defined**
(1)
(A)
(i) The Secretary, in determining the amount of the payments that may be made under this subchapter with respect to operating costs of inpatient hospital services (as defined in paragraph (4)) shall not recognize as reasonable (in the efficient delivery of health services) costs for the provision of such services by a hospital for a cost reporting period to the extent such costs exceed the applicable percentage (as determined under clause (ii)) of the average of such costs for all hospitals in the same grouping as such hospital for comparable time periods.
(ii) For purposes of clause (i), the applicable percentage for hospital cost reporting periods beginning—
(I) on or after October 1, 1982, and before October 1, 1983, is 120 percent;
(II) on or after October 1, 1983, and before October 1, 1984, is 115 percent; and
(III) on or after October 1, 1984, is 110 percent.
(B)
(i) For purposes of subparagraph (A) the Secretary shall establish case mix indexes for all short-term hospitals, and shall set limits for each hospital based upon the general mix of types of medical cases with respect to which such hospital provides services for which payment may be made under this subchapter.
(ii) The Secretary shall set such limits for a cost reporting period of a hospital—
(I) by updating available data for a previous period to the immediate preceding cost reporting period by the estimated average rate of change of hospital costs industry-wide, and
(II) by projecting for the cost reporting period by the applicable percentage increase (as defined in subsection (b)(3)(B)).
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**(a) Ambulatory prenatal care** A State plan approved under [section 1396a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396a&num=0&edition=prelim) may provide for making ambulatory prenatal care available to a pregnant woman during a presumptive eligibility period.
**(b) Definitions** For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “presumptive eligibility period” means, with respect to a pregnant woman, the period that—
(A) begins with the date on which a qualified provider determines, on the basis of preliminary information, that the family income of the woman does not exceed the applicable income level of eligibility under the State plan, and
(B) ends with (and includes) the earlier of—
(i) the day on which a determination is made with respect to the eligibility of the woman for medical assistance under the State plan, or
(ii) in the case of a woman who does not file an application by the last day of the month following the month during which the provider makes the determination referred to in subparagraph (A), such last day; and
(2) the term “qualified provider” means any provider that—
(A) is eligible for payments under a State plan approved under this subchapter,
(B) provides services of the type described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of [section 1396d(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396d/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) or in [section 1396d(a)(9) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396d/a/9&num=0&edition=prelim),
(C) is determined by the State agency to be capable of making determinations of the type described in paragraph (1)(A), and
(D)
(i) receives funds under—
(I)
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**(a) In general** Not later than 90 days after March 23, 2010, the Secretary shall establish a temporary high risk health insurance pool program to provide health insurance coverage for eligible individuals during the period beginning on the date on which such program is established and ending on January 1, 2014.
**(b) Administration**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may carry out the program under this section directly or through contracts to eligible entities.
(2) **Eligible entities** — To be eligible for a contract under paragraph (1), an entity shall—
(A) be a State or nonprofit private entity;
(B) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require; and
(C) agree to utilize contract funding to establish and administer a qualified high risk pool for eligible individuals.
(3) **Maintenance of effort** — To be eligible to enter into a contract with the Secretary under this subsection, a State shall agree not to reduce the annual amount the State expended for the operation of one or more State high risk pools during the year preceding the year in which such contract is entered into.
**(c) Qualified high risk pool**
(1) **In general** — Amounts made available under this section shall be used to establish a qualified high risk pool that meets the requirements of paragraph (2).
(2) **Requirements** — A qualified high risk pool meets the requirements of this paragraph if such pool—
(A) provides to all eligible individuals health insurance coverage that does not impose any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to such coverage;
(B) provides health insurance coverage—
(i) in which the issuer’s share of the total allowed costs of benefits provided under such co
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**(a) Exclusiveness of remedy** The remedy against the United States provided by sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28, or by alternative benefits provided by the United States where the availability of such benefits precludes a remedy under [section 1346(b) of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1346/b&num=0&edition=prelim), for damage for personal injury, including death, resulting from the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions, including the conduct of clinical studies or investigation, by any commissioned officer or employee of the Public Health Service while acting within the scope of his office or employment, shall be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject-matter against the officer or employee (or his estate) whose act or omission gave rise to the claim.
**(b) Attorney General to defend action or proceeding; delivery of process to designated official; furnishing of copies of pleading and process to United States attorney, Attorney General, and Secretary** The Attorney General shall defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court against any person referred to in subsection (a) of this section (or his estate) for any such damage or injury. Any such person against whom such civil action or proceeding is brought shall deliver within such time after date of service or knowledge of service as determined by the Attorney General, all process served upon him or an attested true copy thereof to his immediate superior or to whomever was designated by the Secretary to receive such papers and such person shall promptly furnish copies of the pleading and process therein to the United States attorney for the district embracing the place wherein the pr
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**(a) Grant authority** The Secretary may make grants to States, and in consultation with State health authorities, to political subdivisions of States and to other public entities to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining preventive health service programs.
**(b) Application** No grant may be made under section (a) 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsection (a)”. unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be in such form and be submitted in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe and shall provide—
(1) a complete description of the type and extent of the program for which the applicant is seeking a grant under subsection (a);
(2) with respect to each such program (A) the amount of Federal, State, and other funds obligated by the applicant in its latest annual accounting period for the provision of such program, (B) a description of the services provided by the applicant in such program in such period, (C) the amount of Federal funds needed by the applicant to continue providing such services in such program, and (D) if the applicant proposes changes in the provision of the services in such program, the priorities of such proposed changes, reasons for such changes, and the amount of Federal funds needed by the applicant to make such changes;
(3) assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the program which will be provided with funds under a grant under subsection (a) will be provided in a manner consistent with the State health plan in effect under section 300m–3(c) 22 See References in Text note below. of this title and in those cases where the applicant is a State, that such program will be provided, where appropriate, in a manner consistent
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**(a) “Health center” defined**
(1) **In general** — For purposes of this section, the term “health center” means an entity that serves a population that is medically underserved, or a special medically underserved population comprised of migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, the homeless, and residents of public housing, by providing, either through the staff and supporting resources of the center or through contracts or cooperative arrangements—
(A) required primary health services (as defined in subsection (b)(1)); and
(B) as may be appropriate for particular centers, additional health services (as defined in subsection (b)(2)) necessary for the adequate support of the primary health services required under subparagraph (A);
for all residents of the area served by the center (hereafter referred to in this section as the “catchment area”).
(2) **Limitation** — The requirement in paragraph (1) to provide services for all residents within a catchment area shall not apply in the case of a health center receiving a grant only under subsection (g), (h), or (i).
**(b) Definitions** For purposes of this section:
(1) **Required primary health services**
(A) *In general* — The term “required primary health services” means—
(i) basic health services which, for purposes of this section, shall consist of—
(I) health services related to family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, or gynecology that are furnished by physicians and where appropriate, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives;
(II) diagnostic laboratory and radiologic services;
(III) preventive health services, including—
(aa) prenatal and perinatal services;
(bb) appropriate cancer screening;
(cc) well-chil
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