This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to improve infrastructure, including to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and other public health crises, at teaching health centers and behavioral health care centers.
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
     pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY-BASED CARE 
              INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
award grants to qualified teaching health centers (as defined in 
section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h)) and 
behavioral health care centers (as defined by the Secretary, to include 
both substance abuse and mental health care facilities) to support the 
improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at such 
centers, including to address COVID-19 and other subsequent public 
health crises.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
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To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.
Rep. Trahan, Lori