[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 366 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 366

  To amend title XIX of the Public Health Service Act to clarify the 
provisions of the allotment formula relating to urban and rural areas, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Smith of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XIX of the Public Health Service Act to clarify the 
provisions of the allotment formula relating to urban and rural areas, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Treatment Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH BLOCK GRANT ALLOTMENT 
              FORMULA.

    (a) In General.--Section 1912A(a)(4)(B) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-1a(a)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking out clause (i);
            (2) by redesignating clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses 
        (i) through (iii), respectively;
            (3) in clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking out 
        ``0.2'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``\1/3\'';
            (4) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), by striking out 
        ``0.2'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``\1/3\''; and
            (5) in clause (iii) (as so redesignated), by striking out 
        ``0.2'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``\1/3\''.
    (b) Minimum Allotment.--Section 1912A(b) of such Act is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``$7,000,000'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``$8,000,000''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2);
                    ``(A) by striking out ``and'' after the semicolon 
                in subparagraph (A);
                    ``(B) by striking out the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (B), and inserting in lieu thereof ``; 
                and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(C) 25 percent of the cumulative percentage 
                change in the amount by which the appropriations under 
                section 1911 for the fiscal year for which the 
                allotment is being made exceeds the amount appropriated 
                under such section for fiscal year 1992.''.

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