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A bill to amend part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants and loan guarantees for health centers to enable the centers to fund capital needs projects, and for other purposes.

8/3/2007--Introduced.

Build, Update, Improve, Lift, and Design Health Centers Act of 2007 or the BUILD Act – Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to health centers to: (1) modernize, expand, and replace existing facilities; and (2) construct new facilities at such centers.

Requires the Secretary to establish a loan guarantee program for loans to health centers for capital need projects, including: (1) acquiring, leasing, modernizing, expanding, or replacing existing facilities; (2) constructing new facilities; (3) purchasing or leasing equipment; and (4) the costs of refinancing loans made for any such projects.

Latest Actions
  • 08/03/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10905)
  • 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10905-10906)
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.1990 Introduced in Senate08/31/2007