SECTION 1. Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the “Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act”.
Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for (MOBILE) Health Care Act
An Act
To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the allowable use criteria for new access points grants for community health centers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. New Access Points Grants.
In General.— Section 330(e)(6)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(e)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(v) Mobile units.—An existing health center may be awarded funds under clause (i) to establish a new delivery site that is a mobile unit, regardless of whether the applicant additionally proposes to establish a permanent, full-time site. In the case of a health center that is not currently receiving funds under this section, such health center may be awarded funds under clause (i) to establish a new delivery site that is a mobile unit only if such health center uses a portion of such funds to also establish a permanent, full-time site.”
Effective Date.— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2024.