,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,burchett 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4
 ,roe of ,tennessee1 and ,mr4           
,des,jarlais7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services to         
establish a grant program for ,states   
that provide flexibility in licensing   
for health care providers who offer     
services on a volunteer basis4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,health for ,each ,american ,less   
fortunate ,through ,help from medical   
professionals ,in ,every ,rural and     
impoverished area ,act of #bjai or the  
,,healthier ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,grant  
program for ,states providing           
flexibility in licensing for health care
 providers who offer services on a      
volunteer basis  7a7 ,in general ,the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        

,services shall establish a two-year    
grant program under which the ,secretary
 awards grants to ,states that adopt a  
volunteer health care provider law      
during the period of the grant program  
and to ,states that have adopted such a 
law before such period4  7b7 ,volunteer 
health care provider law ,for purposes  
of this section1 the term volunteer     
health care provider law means1 a law of
 a ,state that permits a health care    
provider to provide health care services
 in such ,state 7in this subsection     
referred to as the volunteer health care
 provider law ,state71 even though the  
provider is not licensed in such ,state 
to provide such services1 if--  7#a7    
such services are offered and provided  
in the volunteer health care provider   
law ,state solely on a volunteer basis  
to rural or impoverished areas 7as      
defined by such volunteer health care   
provider law ,state7 that are located   
within such ,state2 and  7#b7 such      
provider has an active1 unencumbered    

license to practice in another ,state   
and such services are within the scope  
of practice of such provider 7as defined
 by such volunteer health care provider 
law ,state74  7c7 ,administrative       
provisions  7#a7 ,one-time grant ,a     
,state shall be eligible for not more   
than one grant under this section4  7#b7
 ,amount of grant ,the amount of a grant
 awarded a ,state under this section    
shall be #a1jjj1jjj4  7d7 ,additional   
definitions ,for purposes of this       
section3 7#a7 ,volunteer basis ,the term
 volunteer basis means1 with respect to 
health care services provided by a      
health care provider1 that such services
 are provided by such provider--  7,a7  
on behalf of a nonprofit organization1  
such as a church or charity2  7,b7      
without receipt by such provider of     
compensation 7other than reasonable     
reimbursement or allowance for expenses 
actually incurred7 for providing such   
services2 and  7,c7 for a period not to 
exceed #g consecutive days4  7#b7 ,state

 ,the term ,state means any of the #ej  
,states and the ,district of ,columbia1 
the ,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the 
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1
 ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 and       
,american ,samoa4  7e7 ,authorization of
 appropriations ,there is authorized to 
be appropriated #ef1jjj1jjj for the     
period of fiscal years #bjbj through    
#bjba to carry out this section4