School-Based Health Clinic Act of 2007

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a school-based health clinic program, and for other purposes.

11/15/2007--Introduced.
School-Based Health Clinic Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for the cost of operating school-based health clinics to provide comprehensive primary health services (which include physical and mental health services, and which may include optional services such as nutrition, oral health, health education, and case management services) during school hours to children and adolescents by health professionals.
Requires such clinics to:
(1) provide services to children and adolescents for whom parental or guardian consent has been obtained;
(2) provide on-site access during the academic day when school is in session and 24-hour coverage through an on-call system and backup health providers to ensure access to services on a year-round basis.
Allows the Secretary to give preference to applicants who demonstrate an ability to serve:
(1) communities with evidence of barriers to primary health care and mental health services for children and adolescents;
(2) communities that have consistently scored poorly on child and adolescent standardized health indicator reports;
(3) communities with high percentages of children and adolescents who are uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in public health insurance programs; and
(4) populations of children and adolescents that have demonstrated difficulty historically in accessing health and mental health services.
Requires the Secretary to:
(1) establish a program to provide technical and other assistance to clinics; and
(2) implement a plan for evaluating clinics and monitoring the quality of their performance.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Darlene Hooley [D, OR-5]
• and 29 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Tom Udall [D, NM-3]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

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Amendments to H.R.4230

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
November 15, 2007

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• Dec 04, 2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Dec 04, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Nov 15, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Nov 15, 2007.

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Related Bills:

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Related Issue Areas:

• School health programs
• Quality of care
• Performance measurement
• Mental health services
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• Medicine
• Medically uninsured
• Medical care
• Health education
• Food
• Federal aid to health facilities
• Elementary and secondary education
• Education
• Comprehensive health care
• Clinics
• Children
• Child nutrition
• Child health
• Case management
• Budgets
• Access to health care
• Health policy

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