Pub. L. 115-96, div. C, tit. I, sec. 3101
EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GME PROGRAMS.
SEC. 3101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GME PROGRAMS.(a) Community Health Centers Funding.—Section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)) is amended—(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking “and” at the end; and(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:“(F) $550,000,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018; and”.(b) National Health Service Corps.—Section 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2)) is amended—(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking “and” at the end;(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:“(F) $65,000,000 for period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018.”.(c) Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical Education Programs.—Subsection (g) of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h) is amended—(1) by striking “To carry out” and inserting the following:“(1) In general.—To carry out”;131 STAT. 2049(2) by striking “and $15,000,000 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018” and inserting “and $30,000,000 for the period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018, to remain available until expended”; and(3) by adding at the end the following:“(2) Administrative expenses.—Of the amount made available to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary may not use more than 5 percent of such amount for the expenses of administering this section.”.(d) Application.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section are subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 115–31 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–256).(e) Conforming Amendments.—Section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “section 10503(b)(1)(E) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1)(E)), as amended by section 221 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015” and inserting “subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section 10503(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1))”; and(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting “and section 3101(d) of the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act” after “section 221(c) of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015”.