change in name and clarification of functions of diagnostic or treatment center

change in name and clarification of functions of diagnostic or treatment center Sec. 116. (a) Sections 601(a) (2) and 602(b) (1) (B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 291a, 291b) are each amended by striking out “diagnostic or treatment centers” and inserting in lieu thereof “outpatient facilities”. 84 Stat. 342 (b) Section 604(a) (4) (C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 291 d) is amended by striking out “diagnostic or treatment centers” and inserting in lien thereof “outpatient facilities” and by striking out “such centers” and inserting in lieu thereof “such facilities”. (c) Section 604(a) (5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 291d) is amended by striking out “diagnostic or treatment centers” and inserting in lieu thereof “outpatient facilities”. (d) Section 609(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 291i) is amended by striking out “diagnostic or treatment center” and inserting in lieu thereof “outpatient facility”. (e) Section 605(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 29 (e)) is amended by— (1) striking out “a diagnostic or treatment center” and inserting in lieu thereof “an outpatient facility”, and (2) inserting before the period at the end thereof “or which provides reasonable assurance that the services of a general hospital will be available to patients of such facility who are in need of hospital care”. (f) Paragraph (f) of the section of the Public Health Service Act redesignated (by section 201 of this Act) as section 645 (42 U.S.C. 291o) is amended— (1) by striking out “diagnostic or treatment center” and inserting in lieu thereof “outpatient facility”, (2) by inserting after “means a facility” the following: “ (located in or apart from a hospital) ”, (3) by inserting after “ambulatory patients” the following: “(including ambulatory inpatients)”, and (4) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof“; or” and by adding after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3) which offers to patients not requiring hospitalization the services of licensed physicians in various medical specialties, and which provides to its patients a reasonably full-range of diagnostic and treatment services.” (g) The amendments made by subsection (e) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (f) of this section shall apply with respect to applications approved under title VI of such Act after June 30, 1970.