9–8–8 Community Infrastructure Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10246 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10246 To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to provide for health center capital grants, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 3, 2026 Ms. Barragan (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Costa, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Thanedar, Mrs. Trahan, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to provide for health center capital grants, 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 ``9-8-8 Community Infrastructure Act''. SEC. 2. HEALTH CENTER CAPITAL GRANTS. Subpart 1 of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 330Q. HEALTH CENTER CAPITAL GRANTS. ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities for capital projects. ``(b) Eligible Entity.--In this section, the term eligible entity is an entity that is-- ``(1) a health center funded under section 330, or in the case of a Tribe or Tribal organization, eligible, to be awarded without regard to the time limitation in subsection (e)(3) and subsections (e)(6)(A)(iii), (e)(6)(B)(iii), and (r)(2)(B) of such section; or ``(2) a crisis receiving and stabilization facility or crisis call center that has a working relationship with one or more local community mental health and substance use organizations, community mental health centers, and certified community behavioral health clinics, or other local me