3.0.0 790 2023-01-11T13:19:24Z 2023-01-11T13:19:24Z Senate S S 2009-04-02 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-02T18:59:32Z HAHPSA 2009 111 3109 HR 2009-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2009-04-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4321-4331) IntroReferral 2009-04-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4320-4321) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-04-02 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2009-04-02 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2009-04-02 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2009-04-21 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-05-01 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-07-08 False Health Advisory bodies Dental care Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Home and outpatient care Medical education Medicare Mental health Nursing Student aid and college costs Health 00 2009-04-02 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-09T17:49:50Z Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act of 2009 or HAHPSA 2009 — Establishes the Permanent National Health Workforce Commission. Requires the Commission to: (1) review federal policies related to the health professional workforce; (2) identify programs to reduce health professional isolation and build community health professional training infrastructure in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas; and (3) develop guiding principles and accountability standards for the education of health professionals.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to makes matching grants to states for the operation of State Health Workforce Centers to improve the training, deployment, and retention of critical health professionals in underserved areas and for underserved populations.

Revises provisions related to payments for direct graduate medical education costs and for the indirect costs of medical education, including to: (1) support the implementation of community-based training and innovative training models; and (2) require the Secretary to revise policies that constrain the Secretary's ability to respond to emergency situations and situations involving institutional and program closure.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to use excess amounts appropriated to address shortages of health professionals in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas.

Provides for the expansion of existing loan repayment programs to emphasize the provision of health professions services to facilities that have health professional shortages.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for Medical, Dental, Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Behavioral and Mental Health, Public Health, and Nursing Students in the United States Public Health Sciences Track in Affiliated Schools; and (2) award grants to increase health professions training in high-needs specialties.

]]> HAHPSA 2009 Display Title HAHPSA 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas in the United States by addressing the supply of health professionals and the distribution of health professionals to areas of need. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced HAHPSA 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s790is/xml/BILLS-111s790is.xml 2009-04-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4321-4331) 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.