Index for HR3962: Affordable Health Care for America Act

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Waxman, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Andrews) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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

(a) In general.—Part F of title VII (42 U.S.C. 295j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(a) Promotion of primary care and dentistry.—For the purpose of carrying out subpart XI of part D of title III and sections 747, 748, and 749, in addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for such purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated, out of any monies in the Public Health Investment Fund, the following:

“(1) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.

“(2) $253,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.

“(3) $265,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.

“(4) $278,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.

“(5) $292,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.”.

(b) Existing authorization of appropriations.—Subsection (g)(1), as so redesignated, of section 747 (42 U.S.C. 293k) is amended by striking “2002” and inserting “2015”.