To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to eligible entities to carry out construction or modernization projects designed to strengthen and increase capacity within the specialized pediatric health care infrastructure, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to eligible entities to carry out construction or modernization projects designed to strengthen and increase capacity within the specialized pediatric health care infrastructure, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H528268C547C04A188F6AFDAB9DD86522: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pediatric Access to Critical Healthcare Act.
- Section HD9530D534AFD42349A7F68F89190ECF8: 2. Pediatric health care capacity grants Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the...
- Section H32E73BF18C8A4334BE9BFAC84464B71B: 340J. Pediatric health care capacity grants The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall award...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to eligible entities to carry out construction or modernization projects designed to strengthen and increase capacity within the specialized pediatric health care infrastructure, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to eligible entities to carry out construction or modernization projects designed to strengthen and increase capacity within the specialized pediatric health care infrastructure, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Cárdenas (for himself, Mr. Trone, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Barragán, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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