3.0.0 5223 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z House H HR 2014-07-28 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McDERMOTT:H.R. 5223.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H6977]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2014-08-01T17:46:04Z Referred to 2014-07-28T16:01:50Z 2014-08-01 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2014-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-07-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1245-1246) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 N Health Education programs funding Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Medical education Rural conditions and development Student aid and college costs Health 00 2014-07-28 Introduced in House 2014-08-27T22:21:28Z Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2014 or RDOCS Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make matching grants under which states provide RDOCS scholarships, paying all costs of a student's undergraduate medical education, to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas.

Requires the scholarship recipient to agree to residency training in a primary care specialty and a five-year post-graduate period of service in a health professional shortage area.

Requires that preference be given in awarding scholarships to applicants enrolled in: (1) an accelerated track family-medicine program (an integrated course of study allowing completion of undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education in six years), or (2) a program that includes clinical training in rural or underserved urban communities.

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RDOCS Act of 2014 Display Title RDOCS Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States for the purpose of assisting the States in operating an RDOCS program in order to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced RDOCS Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr5223ih/xml/BILLS-113hr5223ih.xml 2014-08-01 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.