initially part of the Office of Economic Opportunity. However, the Nixon administration moved them into the PHS in 1974 as the Bureau of Community Health Services within the Health Services Administration. Merge In 1982, the Health Services Administration merged with the Health Resources Administration to form HRSA. As part of the merge, the Bureau of Medical Services absorbed the Bureau of Community Health Services to form the Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance. In 1987, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau split from the Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance. In 1992, the Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance was renamed the Bureau of Primary Health Care. The Bureau of Primary Health Care was reorganized and restructured around 1992 to become more organized and efficient. This resulted in creation of the Office of Minority and Special Populations, the Office of Policy and Program Development, and the Office of Quality and Data. There are also four divisions that were created: Eastern, Central Mid Atlantic, Western and the National Hansen’s disease program. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has the responsibility for managing the Consolidated Health Centers Grant Program. More recently, the Free Clinics Medical Malpractice Program was established in 2004. Key facts Nearly 1,400 health center grant recipients operate more than 12,000 community-based service delivery sites in every state and territory, giving geographically isolated or economically distressed people access to preventive and primary health care. HRSA-supported health centers treated more than 28 million people in 2019. HRSA-funded health centers provide care to 1 out of every 11 people living in the US, including: 1 in 8 children, 1 in 5 rural residents, 1 in 3 living in poverty, and over 389,000 veterans. Since 2001, through a major expansion initiative, HRSA has increased access to primary health care in 1,375 communities through new or expanded clinical sites. During this time, health centers increased their patient base by almost 60 percent, nearly doubled the number of people receiving oral health care, and tripled the number of clients who received mental health and addiction counseling services. The National Hansen’s Disease Program is the major source of direct patient care, clinician training and research in the field of Hansen’s Disease and related leprous conditions. The Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1992 and 1995 granted medical malpractice liability protection through the