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The law › Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 6A

42 U.S.C. 254c: Rural health care services outreach, rural health network development, and small health care provider quality improvement grant programs

Created in 1996 by the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-299). Changed by 4 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 3885 Community TEAMS Act of 2025 · introduced · would change (a), (d), (h), (j)

How it got here

2020

  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(1)(A), substituted "basic" for "essential". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(1)(B), inserted "to" after "grants" in introductory provisions and struck out "to" at beginning of cls. (i) to (iii). (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(2)(A), inserted "improving and" after "outreach by" and ", through community engagement and evidence-based or innovative, evidence-informed models" after "rural areas" and substituted "5 years" for "3 years". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(2)(B)(i), inserted "shall" after "entity" in introductory provisions. (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(2)(B)(ii), substituted "be an entity with demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations" for "shall be a rural public or rural nonprofit private entity". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(2)(B)(iii), (iv), struck out "shall" before "represent" and inserted "that" after "members" in introductory provisions and struck out "that" at beginning of cls. (i) and (ii). (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(2)(B)(iii), struck out "shall" before "not previously". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(2)(C), substituted "the rural underserved populations in the local community or region" for "the local community or region". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(3)(A)(i)(I), substituted "plan, develop, and implement integrated health care networks that collaborate" for "promote, through planning and implementation, the development of integrated health care networks that have combined the functions of the entities p… (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(3)(A)(i)(II), substituted "basic health care services and associated health outcomes" for "essential health care services". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(3)(A)(ii), amended subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Director may award such a rural health network development grant for implementation activities for a period of 3 years. The Director may also award such a rural health … (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(3)(B)(i), inserted "shall" after "entity" in introductory provisions. (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §(3)(B)(ii), substituted "be an entity with demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations" for "shall be a rural public or rural nonprofit private entity". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(3)(B)(iii), struck out "shall" before "represent" and inserted "that" after "participants" in introductory provisions and struck out "that" at beginning of cls. (i) and (ii). (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(3)(B)(iv), struck out "shall" before "not previously". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(3)(C)(i), amended cl. (iii) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (iii) read as follows: "how the local community or region to be served will benefit from and be involved in the activities carried out by the network;". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(3)(C)(ii), substituted "the rural underserved populations in the local community or region" for "the local community or region". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(4)(A), inserted ", including activities related to increasing care coordination, enhancing chronic disease management, and improving patient health outcomes" after "quality improvement activities" and substituted "5 years" for "3 years". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(4)(B)(i), inserted "shall" after "entity" in introductory provisions. (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(4)(B)(ii), (iii), struck out "shall" at beginning of cls. (i) and (ii), and inserted "or regional" after "local" in cl. (ii). (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(4)(B)(ii), struck out "shall" before "not previously". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(4)(C), substituted "the rural underserved populations in the local community or region" for "the local community or region". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (g)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(5), inserted ", as appropriate," after "the Secretary" in introductory provisions. (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (h)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(6), amended subsec. (i) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Not later than September 30, 2005, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the progress and accomplishments of the grant programs de… (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (i)
  • Pub. L. 116–136, §3213(7), substituted "$79,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025" for "$45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012". (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act" or the "CARES Act) Law text · (j)

2008

  • Pub. L. 110–355 substituted "$45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012." for "$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006." (Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008) Law text · (j)

2003

  • Pub. L. 108–163 substituted "section 295p(6)" for "section 295p". (Health Care Safety Net Amendments Technical Corrections Act of 2003) Law text · (b)

2002

  • Pub. L. 107–251 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to a rural health outreach, network development, and telemedicine grant program, and in subsec. (a), provided for administration by the Office of Rural Health Policy; in subsec. (b), set out the objectives of grants; in … (Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002) Law text

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.