,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #b1        
#bjba,mr4 ,rush 7for himself1 ,ms4      
,barragn1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4             
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,ms4 ,chu1  
,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4      
,connolly1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of    
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1  
,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4      
,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1   
,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1  
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,ms4      
,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4       
,khanna1 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1  
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lynch1  
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,moore
 of ,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,mrs4    
,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1
 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,thompson of         
,mississippi1 and ,ms4 ,wasserman       
,schultz7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
authorize the ,secretary of ,health and 

,human ,services to award grants to     
eligible entities to conduct diagnostic 
testing for ,,covid-#ai1 and related    
activities such as contact tracing1     
through mobile health units and1 as     
necessary1 at individuals' residences1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,covid-#ai ,testing1 ,reaching1 ,and   
,contacting ,everyone 7,,trace7 ,act4   
#b4 ,,covid-#ai testing and contact     
tracing using mobile health units  7a7  
,in general ,the ,secretary of ,health  
and ,human ,services1 acting through the
 ,director of the ,centers for ,disease 
,control and ,prevention1 may award     
grants to eligible entities to conduct  
diagnostic testing for ,,covid-#ai1 to  
trace and monitor the contacts of       
infected individuals1 and to support the
 quarantine of such contacts1 through-- 
7#a7 mobile health units2 and  7#b7 as  
necessary1 testing individuals and      
providing individuals with services     
related to testing and quarantine at    

their residences4  7b7 ,permissible uses
 of funds ,a grant recipient under this 
section may use the grant funds1 in     
support of the activities described in  
subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 to hire1 train1   
compensate1 and pay the expenses of     
individuals2 and  7#b7 to purchase      
personal protective equipment and other 
supplies4  7c7 ,priority ,in selecting  
grant recipients under this section1 the
 ,secretary shall give priority to--    
7#a7 applicants proposing to conduct    
activities funded under this section in 
hot spots and medically underserved     
communities2 and  7#b7 applicants that  
agree1 in hiring individuals to carry   
out activities funded under this        
section1 to hire residents of the area  
or community where the activities will  
primarily occur1 with higher priority   
among applicants described in this      
paragraph given based on the percentage 
of individuals to be hired from such    
area or community4  7d7 ,distribution   
,in selecting grant recipients under    

this section1 the ,secretary shall      
ensure that grants are distributed      
across urban and rural areas4  7e7      
,federal privacy requirements ,nothing  
in this section shall be construed to   
supersede any ,federal privacy or       
confidentiality requirement1 including  
the regulations promulgated under       
section #bfd7;c7 of the ,health         
,insurance ,portability and             
,accountability ,act of #aiif 7,public  
,law #ajd-aia2 #aaj ,stat4 #bjcc7 and   
section #edc of the ,public ,health     
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#bij;dd-#b74  7f7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,the term eligible entity 
means-- 7,a7 a federally qualified      
health center 7as defined in section    
#ahfa7;aa7 of the ,social ,security ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7aa7772  7,b7 a   
school-based health clinic2  7,c7 a     
disproportionate share hospital 7as     
defined under the applicable ,state plan
 under title ,,xix of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et  

seq47 pursuant to section               
#aibc7;a77#a77;,a7 of such ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #acifr-#d772  7,d7 an academic
 medical center2  7,e7 a nonprofit      
organization 7including any such        
faith-based organization72  7,f7 an     
institution of higher education 7as     
defined in section #aja of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajja772  7,g7 a high school 7as defined
 in section #haja of the ,elementary and
 ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja772 or  7,h7 any    
other type of entity that is determined 
by the ,secretary to be an eligible     
entity for purposes of this section4    
7#b7 ,the term emergency period has the 
meaning given to that term in section   
#aace7;g77#a77;,b7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acbj;b-#e7;g77#a77;,b774  7#c7 ,the    
term hot spot means a geographic area   
where the rate of infection with the    
virus that causes ,,covid-#ai exceeds   
the national average4  7#d7 ,the term   

medically underserved community has the 
meaning given to that term in section   
#gii;,b of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #biep74  7#e7 ,the  
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services4  7g7      
,authorization of appropriations ,to    
carry out this section1 there are       
authorized to be appropriated-- 7#a7    
#ajj1jjj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjba2 
and  7#b7 such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal year #bjbb and any   
subsequent fiscal year during which the 
emergency period continues4