3.0.0 5770 2023-01-12T17:52:39Z 2023-01-12T17:52:39Z House H HR 2006-07-12 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-08-01T19:34:38Z Referred to 2006-07-12T14:01:50Z 2006-08-01 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 N C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2006-07-12 True D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2006-07-12 True J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2006-07-12 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2006-07-12 True B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2006-07-12 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 23 2006-07-20 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2006-07-24 False B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2006-07-24 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2006-07-24 False C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2006-07-25 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2006-07-25 False W000784 Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] ALBERT WYNN D MD R. 4 2006-07-26 False T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2006-07-26 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2006-07-26 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2006-07-28 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2006-07-28 False S001153 Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] HILDA SOLIS D CA L. 32 2006-09-06 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2006-09-06 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2006-09-14 False J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2006-09-19 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2006-09-21 False C000537 Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] JAMES CLYBURN D SC E. 6 2006-09-29 False M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2006-11-09 False S001157 Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] David Scott D GA 13 2006-11-09 False R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2006-11-09 False Health Clinics Community health services Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Higher education Medical education Medical residents Mental health services Mentoring Minorities Minorities in medicine Minority education Physicians Public health personnel Scholarships Health 00 2006-07-12 Introduced in House 2008-08-21T12:11:35Z United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the National Health Service Corps Medical School Scholarship Program to ensure an adequate supply of physicians providing primary health services. Requires the Secretary to provide scholarships and accept individuals into the Corps in exchange for such individuals completing a residency in a specialty needed by the Corps and serving as a provider of primary health services in a health professional shortage area for six years.

Allows the Secretary to make grants to: (1) increase the capacity of medical schools to accept students each year; (2) recruit students to participate in the Corps Scholarship Program; (3) increase the number of minority health professionals servicing medically underserved communities; and (4) establish new or alternative-campus accredited medical residency programs affiliated with accredited medical programs.

Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to community health centers to: (1) increase the number of medical service providers associated with such centers; and (2) increase primary care capabilities through the construction, expansion, or renovation of facilities.

]]> United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2006 Display Title United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the physician manpower in the areas of primary care, psychiatric care, and emergency medicine in federally designated physician shortage areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5770ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5770ih.xml 2006-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.