119-hres641

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 641 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 641

Expressing support for community health centers during National Health 
 Center Week, August 3 through August 9, 2025, and encouraging all 
 Americans to take part in this week by visiting their local community 
 health center and celebrating the important partnership between 
 America's community health centers and the communities they serve.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 8, 2025

 Mr. Davis of North Carolina (for himself and Ms. Ross) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Commerce

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 RESOLUTION

Expressing support for community health centers during National Health 
 Center Week, August 3 through August 9, 2025, and encouraging all 
 Americans to take part in this week by visiting their local community 
 health center and celebrating the important partnership between 
 America's community health centers and the communities they serve.

Whereas community health centers

    (CHCs) are a subset of healthcare facilities, 
 including health centers and rural health clinics;
Whereas, since the Great Society programs enacted in 1965, CHCs have provided 
 high-quality, affordable, and comprehensive primary and preventive 
 health care in our Nation's rural and underinvested communities, 
 delivering value to, and having a significant impact on America's health 
 care system;
Whereas CHCs are uniquely positioned to provide patient-directed care to the 
 most vulnerable and economically distressed patients, including seniors, 
 individuals with disabilities, and veterans seeking supplemental 
 services;
Whereas CHCs are community-based, and designed to provide care regardless of 
 patient financial or insurance status;
Whereas the country's largest primary care network, community health centers are 
 the health care home for nearly 10 percent of Americans across 14,000 
 communities nationwide;
Whereas, nationwide, community health centers serve 1 in every 5 patients living 
 in rural communities;
Whereas there are 10 CHC organizations operating 93 CHC sites in North 
 Carolina's First Congressional District, with approximately 700 total 
 CHC sites statewide;
Whereas North Carolina CHCs directly employ 6,522 employees statewide, 
 generating a total economic impact of $2,300,000,000, $55,500,000 in 
 State and local tax revenues, and $220,800,000 in Federal tax revenues;
Whereas, through cost-effective care, NC CHCs save an estimated $477,000,000 a 
 year for the Medicaid program by keeping total cost of care 24 percent 
 lower per patient;
Whereas, every day, community health centers develop new approaches to 
 integrating a wide range of services beyond primary care, including oral 
 health, vision, behavioral health, and pharmacy services, to meet the 
 needs and challenges of their communities;
Whereas the community health center model continues to prove an effective means 
 of overcoming barriers to health care access, including geography, 
 income, and insurance status, improving health care outcomes and 
 reducing health care system costs;
Whereas community health centers reduce overall costs of care by helping manage 
 chronic conditions of patients, which keeps them out of costlier health 
 care settings like hospital emergency rooms;
Whereas health center patients and finances continue to suffer strain from 
 restrictions on the 340B Drug Discount Program, which allows CHCs to 
 generate sustainable revenue while reducing patients' out-of-pocket 
 costs for their life-saving medications, and absent policymaking 
 intervention, restrictions by drug manufacturers will continue to 
 inhibit health centers and patients alike;
Whereas community health centers are on the front lines of emerging health care 
 crises, providing access to care for our nation's veterans, addressing 
 the opioid epidemic, and responding to public health threats in the wake 
 of natural disasters; and
Whereas, during National Health Center Week, we celebrate the legacy of 
 America's community health centers, and their vital role in shaping the 
 past, present, and future of America's health care system: Now, 
 therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

    (1) supports specifically recognizing the contributions of 
 community health centers during National Health Center Week;

    (2) encourages all Americans to take part in this week by 
 visiting their local community health center and celebrating 
 the important partnership between America's community health 
 centers and the communities they serve; and

    (3) supports extending the Community Health Center Fund 
 ahead of the September 30 expiration, which accounts for 70 
 percent of Federal funding for CHCs.
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