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To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas should be increased to serve 20,000,000 individuals by 2006.

March 13, 2003

Mr. CAPUANO (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. OLVER, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. BELL, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CASE, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. LEE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. GREENWOOD, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and Mr. FILNER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas should be increased to serve 20,000,000 individuals by 2006.

Whereas the uninsured population in the United States is approximately 43,000,000 and is estimated to reach over 53,000,000 by 2007;

Whereas nearly 80 percent of the uninsured population consists of members of working families who cannot afford health insurance or cannot access employer-provided health insurance plans;

Whereas minority populations, rural residents, and single-parent families represent a disproportionate number of the uninsured population;

Whereas the problem of health care access for the uninsured population is compounded in many urban and rural communities by a lack of providers who are available to serve both insured and uninsured populations;

Whereas community, migrant, homeless, and public housing health centers have proven uniquely qualified to address the lack of adequate health care services for uninsured populations, serving more than 5,000,000 uninsured patients in 2002;

Whereas health centers care for nearly 14,000,000 patients, including nearly 9,000,000 minorities, nearly 850,000 farmworkers, and almost 750,000 homeless individuals each year;

Whereas health centers provide cost-effective comprehensive primary and preventive care to uninsured individuals for approximately $1.00 per day, or $350 annually, and help to reduce the inappropriate use of costly emergency rooms and inpatient hospital care;

Whereas current resources only allow health centers to serve more than 12 percent of the Nation's 43,000,000 uninsured individuals;

Whereas past investments to increase health center access have resulted in better health, an improved quality of life for all Americans, and a reduction in national health care expenditures;

Whereas Congress can act now to increase access to health care services for uninsured and low-income people together with or in advance of health care coverage proposals by expanding the availability of services at community, migrant, homeless, and public housing health centers; and

Whereas the President has proposed to double the number of people served by health centers: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This resolution may be cited as the `Resolution to Expand Access to Community Health Centers Initiative'.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

It is the sense of the House of Representatives that appropriations for consolidated health centers under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) should be increased by 100 percent during the period of fiscal years 2001 through 2006 in order to double the number of individuals who receive health care services at community, migrant, homeless, and public housing health centers.

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