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S. 1533 (107th)

Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002

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Introduced

11 October 2001

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Became Public Law No: 107-251.

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21 April 2025

Summary

Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2001 - Reauthorizes the health centers program under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Includes within: (1) "required primary health services" appropriate cancer screening (currently, screening for breast and cervical cancer), specialty referral when medically indicated, and specified housing-related services; and (2) "additional health services" the detection and remediation of lead exposures. Authorizes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants for translation services for clients with limited English proficiency. Rewrites PHSA provisions regarding rural health. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy to: (1) award rural health network development grants to promote the development of integrated health care networks; and (2) award grants for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities. Telehealth Grant Consolidation Act of 2001 - Establishes in HRSA an Office for the Advancement of Telehealth. Provides for telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. Provides grants, in medically underserved areas, for: (1) improved emergency medical services; (2) mental health services delivered via telehealth; and (3) the establishment of statewide school-based health center networks. Reauthorizes and rewrites PHSA provisions regarding the National Health Service Corps program. Prohibits an entity to which a Corps member is assigned from denying requested health services and discriminating in the provision of services because an individual is unable to pay. Establishes a Healthy Communities Access program to help coordinate services for uninsured and under-insured. Amends the Social Security Act to provide exemptions from copayment and deductible requirements for rural health clinics.

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