### Question
Can you define what migrant health center means?


### Answer
**Migrant health center** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 254b*:

> an entity which either through its staff and supporting resources or through contracts or cooperative arrangements with other public or private entities provides—


(A) primary health services,


(B) as may be appropriate for particular centers, supplemental health services necessary for the adequate support of primary health services,


(C) referral to providers of supplemental health services and payment, as appropriate and feasible, for their provision of such services,


(D) environmental health services, including, as may be appropriate for particular centers (as determined by the centers), the detection and alleviation of unhealthful conditions associated with water supply, sewage treatment, solid waste disposal, rodent and parasitic infestation, field sanitation, housing, and other environmental factors related to health,


(E) as may be appropriate for particular centers (as determined by the centers), infectious and parasitic disease screening and control,


(F) as may be appropriate for particular centers, accident prevention programs, including prevention of excessive pesticide exposure,


(G) information on the availability and proper use of health services and services which promote and facilitate optimal use of health services, including, if a substantial number of the individuals in the population served by a center are of limited English-speaking ability, the services of appropriate personnel fluent in the language spoken by a predominant number of such individuals, and


(H) patient case management services (including outreach, counseling, referral, and follow-up services),


  

for migratory agricultural workers, seasonal agricultural workers, and the members of the families of such migratory and seasonal workers, within the area it serves (referred to in this section as a “catchment area”) and individuals who have previously been migratory agricultural workers but can no longer meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection because of age or disability and members of their families within the area it serves

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 254b*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6-THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU > SUBCHAPTER II-GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES > Part D-Primary Health Care > subpart i-primary health centers**

