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H.Res. 1558

ResolutionFederalHouseIn Committee
H.Res.1558
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Latest Action · September 17, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced
September 17, 2026
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This resolution expresses the House's position that Federally Qualified Health Centers should maintain their current single definition of a patient when delivering all services, including prescription drugs purchased through the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The resolution emphasizes that these nearly 1,400 health centers serve over 32 million medically underserved Americans, including one in eight U.S. children and one in five rural residents, with about 90 percent of patients living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line. The resolution argues that using one consistent patient definition across all services minimizes administrative costs and allows health centers to provide coordinated, comprehensive care rather than fragmenting services through multiple conflicting definitions. The resolution also stresses that any restrictions on health centers' ability to provide affordable prescription drugs to all their patients would undermine the healthcare safety net and conflict with Congress's intent in establishing programs like the 340B Drug Pricing Program to help stretch limited resources. This is a non-binding resolution expressing the House's sense of the matter rather than legislation that would change law or allocate funding.

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