Access to Community Care Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10727 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10727

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to give priority to expanding 
  service applications from certain entities, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 2026

Ms. Davids of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to give priority to expanding 
  service applications from certain entities, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Community Care Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. GIVING PRIORITY TO EXPANDING SERVICE APPLICATIONS FROM CERTAIN 
              ENTITIES.

    Section 330(e)(6)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b(e)(6)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) Priority for expanding service 
                        applications from certain entities.--In 
                        carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall 
                        give special consideration to expanded service 
                        applications from eligible entities that seek 
                        to provide services described in subsection 
                        (b)(1) or (b)(2) that serve an area that (as 
                        determined by the Secretary)--
                                    ``(I) received a significant 
                                increase in new patients due to the 
                                closure of a Federally qualified health 
                                center (as defined in section 1861(aa) 
                                of the Social Security Act) located 
                                within or near such area during the 
                                four-year period that precedes the date 
                                on which the application is submitted;
                                    ``(II) is affected by a public 
                                health emergency declared under section 
                                319 during the one-year period that 
                                precedes the date on which the 
                                application is submitted; or
                                    ``(III) is affected by a major 
                                disaster or emergency declared by the 
                                President under section 401 or 501, 
                                respectively, of the Robert T. Stafford 
                                Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                                Assistance Act during such one-year 
                                period.''.
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