Health Center Consolidation Act

The Health Center Consolidation Act of 1996 in the United States is commonly also called Section 330. The Act brings together various funding mechanisms for the country's community health facilities, such as migrant/seasonal farmworker health centers, healthcare for the homeless, health centers and health centers for residents of public housing. Previously, each of these organizations were provided grants under numerous other mechanisms.

Health Center Consolidation Act

Other short titles	Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1995
Long title	An Act to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to consolidate and reauthorize provisions relating to health centers, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	HCCA
Nicknames	Health Center Consolidation Act of 1996
Enacted by	the 104th United States Congress
Effective	October 11, 1996
Citations
Public law	104–299
Statutes at Large	110 Stat. 3626
Codification
Titles amended	42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections amended	42 U.S.C. ch. 6A, subch. II § 254b et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1044 by Nancy Kassebaum (R–KS) on July 17, 1995 Committee consideration by Senate Labor and Human Resources Passed the Senate on September 20, 1996 (Passed Unanimous Consent) Passed the House on September 27, 1996 (Passed Voice Vote) Signed into law by President William J. Clinton on October 11, 1996

The S. 1044 legislation was passed by the 104th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton on October 11, 1996.

See also

• Federally Qualified Health Center
• Rural health clinic

External links

English, Barbara (June 13, 2008). "Federal Health Centers Program - Report RL32046" (PDF). Congressional Research Service (CRS). WikiLeaks.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 16, 2014.