H.R. 3200/Division C

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Division B
—Medicare and Medicaid Improvements

America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Division C - Public Health and Workforce Development

480904America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 — Division C - Public Health and Workforce Development

==DIVISION C—PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT==

SEC. 2001. TABLE OF CONTENTS; REFERENCES. edit

(a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

The table of contents of this division is as follows:

Sec. 2001. Table of Contents; References.

Sec. 2002. Public Health Investment Fund.

(b) REFERENCES.—

Except as otherwise specified, whenever in this division an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).

SEC. 2002. PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTMENT FUND. edit

(a) Establishment of Funds.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—

There is established a fund to be known as the “Public Health Investment Fund” (referred to in this section as the “Fund”).

(2) FUNDING.—

(A) There shall be deposited into the Fund—

(i) for fiscal year 2010, $4,600,000,000;

(ii) for fiscal year 2011, $5,600,000,000;

(iii) for fiscal year 2012, $6,900,000,000;

(iv) for fiscal year 2013, $7,800,000,000;

(v) for fiscal year 2014, $9,000,000,000;

(vi) for fiscal year 2015, $9,400,000,000;

(vii) for fiscal year 2016, $10,100,000,000;

(viii) for fiscal year 2017, $10,800,000,000;

(ix) for fiscal year 2018, $11,800,000,000; and

(x) for fiscal year 2019, $12,700,000,000.

(B) Amounts deposited into the Fund shall be derived from general revenues of the Treasury.

(b) Authorization of Appropriations from the Fund.—

(1) NEW FUNDING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—

Amounts in the Fund are authorized to be appropriated by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for carrying out activities under designated public health provisions.

(B) DESIGNATED PROVISIONS.—

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “designated public health provisions” means the provisions for which amounts are authorized to be appropriated under section 330(s), 338(c), 338H–1, 799C, 872, or 3111 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by this division.

(2) BASELINE FUNDING.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—

Amounts in the Fund are authorized to be appropriated (as described in paragraph (1)) for a fiscal year only if (excluding any amounts in or appropriated from the Fund)—

(i) the amounts specified in subparagraph (B) for the fiscal year involved are equal to or greater than the amounts specified in subparagraph (B) for fiscal year 2008; and

(ii) the amounts appropriated, out of the general fund of the Treasury, to the Prevention and Wellness Trust under section 3111 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by this division, for the fiscal year involved are equal to or greater than the funds—

(I) appropriated under the heading “Prevention and Wellness Fund” in title VIII of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5); and

(II) allocated by the second proviso under such heading for evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies.

(B) AMOUNTS SPECIFIED.—

The amounts specified in this subparagraph, with respect to a fiscal year, are the amounts appropriated for the following:

(i) Community health centers (including funds appropriated under the authority of section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b)).

(ii) The National Health Service Corps Program (including funds appropriated under the authority of section 338 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 254k)).

(iii) The National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs (including funds appropriated under the authority of section 338H of such Act (42 U.S.C. 254q)).

(iv) Primary care loan funds (including funds appropriated for schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine under the authority of section 735(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 292y(f))).

(v) Primary care education programs (including funds appropriated under the authority of sections 736, 740, 741, and 747 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 293, 293d, and 293k)).

(vi) Sections 761 and 770 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 294n and 295e).

(vii) Nursing workforce development (including funds appropriated under the authority of title VIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.)).

(viii) The National Center for Health Statistics (including funds appropriated under the authority of sections 304, 306, 307, and 308 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 242b, 242k, 242l, and 242m)).

(ix) The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (including funds appropriated under the authority of title IX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 299 et seq.)).

(3) BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS.—

Amounts appropriated under this section, and outlays flowing from such appropriations, shall not be taken into account for purposes of any budget enforcement procedures including allocations under section 302(a) and (b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act and budget resolutions for fiscal years during which appropriations are made from the Fund.

H.R. 3200/Division C

SEC. 2001. TABLE OF CONTENTS; REFERENCES. edit

TITLE I—COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

TITLE II—WORKFORCE

TITLE III—PREVENTION AND WELLNESS

TITLE IV—QUALITY AND SURVEILLANCE

TITLE V—OTHER PROVISIONS

SEC. 2002. PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTMENT FUND. edit