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To provide for an increase in the availability of language-assistance services for patients of health centers under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, including community health centers.

Introduced: April 10, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Apr 23, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 10, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 10, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Provides additional funding for translation and interpretation services for patients with limited English-speaking ability at community and other health centers funded under the rural health services outreach demonstration grant program under the Public Health Service Act.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that such funds are expended to increase and not supplant amounts already expended by such centers.

What's happening now April 23, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 20, 2002
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Apr 10, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 10, 2002
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 10, 2002
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4134: To provide for an increase in the availability of language-assistance services for patients of health centers under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, including community health centers.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4134/
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"H.R. 4134: To provide for an increase in the availability of language-assistance services for patients of health centers under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, including community health centers.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4134/.
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H.R. 4134, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4134/.
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[H.R. 4134: To provide for an increase in the availability of language-assistance services for patients of health centers under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, including community health centers.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4134/)
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