Public Health Service Act

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Amendments to the Public Health Service Act

• Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970, which established Title X of the Public Health Service Act, dedicated to providing family planning services for those in need.
• National Cancer Act of 1971
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• Health Center Consolidation Act of 1996
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Establishment Act of 2000
• Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance Research and Education Amendments of 2001
• Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2001
• Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
• Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

  Failed amendments to the Public Health Service Act

Proposed amendments to the Public Health Service Act

• 115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 708 To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to change the permissible age variation in health insurance premium rates.
• One proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act is the Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013, a bill in the 113th United States Congress. The bill was introduced on January 14, 2013 by Rep. Adam Kinzinger. It passed the United States House of Representatives on February 12, 2013 by a voice vote, indicating that it was generally non-controversial. The Bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program for states with a shortage of emergency medical technicians to streamline state requirements and procedures to assist veterans who completed military EMT training while serving in the Armed Forces to meet state EMT certification, licensure, and other requirements. The bill still needs to pass in the United States Senate and be signed by the President of the United States before it would become law.
• The Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 is a bill in the 113th United States Congress that would amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for payments to children's hospitals for expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs. The portion of the Public Health Service Act that would be amended is Section 340E . The amendment would cover Fiscal Years 2013 - 2017. H.R. 297 passed the United States House of Representatives with a vote of 352-50 on February 4, 2013 .
• Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2014 is a bill in the 113th United States Congress that would amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program through FY2019.