3.0.0 3708 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z Senate S S 2008-11-19 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-11-19T23:57:14Z Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act 110 7302 HR 2008-11-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2008-11-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-11-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10671-10674) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-12-11 False Health Access to health care Child health Community health services Dentistry Dentists Economics and Public Finance Education Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Higher education Medical education Medical personnel Mental health services Minorities Minorities in medicine Minority health Psychologists Health 00 2008-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-15T19:11:50Z Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions related to: (1) addressing workforce shortages for primary care health professions; and (2) assisting underrepresented minorities or disadvantaged students to enter health professions.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make grants for the training of primary care physicians teaching in community-based settings; (2) provide for programs that improve clinical teaching and research in primary care; (3) provide for community health needs assessments; (4) provide for the establishment of Primary Care Training Institutes within academic health centers; and (5) provide for approved professional training programs in the field of general or pediatric dentistry.

Revises provisions governing area health education centers, including to require the Secretary to make awards to improve the effectiveness and capabilities of existing programs.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of psychology graduate students to provide behavioral and mental health services.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis; (2) designate regional workforce analysis centers; (3) award grants or contracts to regional centers for research on high-priority workforce questions; (4) provide for monitoring of the supply, need for, and diversity and distribution of health professionals; and (5) establish the Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Information, Evaluation, and Assessment.

Requires the Secretary, acting in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award competitive grants to establish Academic Health Departments to provide for collaboration between the academic and practice aspects of public health.

]]> Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act Short Titles as Introduced Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act Display Title Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to health professions education, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3708is/xml/BILLS-110s3708is.xml 2008-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.