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HR 5981 114th Congress House

Mobile Medical Immigrant Health Improvement Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the provision of medical services to aliens present in the United States.

Introduced: September 9, 2016 Introduced by: Velázquez, Nydia M. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mobile Medical Immigrant Health Improvement Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide support to partnerships between hospitals and other local health care facilities to improve access to mobile medical health care services for individuals present in the United States who are not citizens or nationals. (Mobile medical health care services are provided in a moveable vehicle or a non-permanent clinic.) In providing such support, HHS must give priority to areas with a high ratio of such individuals to citizens and nationals.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5981: Mobile Medical Immigrant Health Improvement Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5981/
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"H.R. 5981: Mobile Medical Immigrant Health Improvement Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5981/.
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H.R. 5981, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5981/.
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[H.R. 5981: Mobile Medical Immigrant Health Improvement Act of 2016](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5981/)
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