3.0.0 3190 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z Senate S 2016-07-13 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-13T20:17:24Z Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2016 114 5188 HR 2016-05-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2016-07-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2016-07-13 True Health Advisory bodies Allied health services Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Dental care Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education programs funding Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Medical education Medicare Mental health Rural conditions and development Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Teaching, teachers, curricula Health 00 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-11T19:08:22Z Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reauthorize the National Health Care Workforce Commission.The commission must track information on the career paths of medical school and residency program graduates and make such information publicly available.

The Department of Health and Human Services must revise the definition of medical residency training programs (rural track training programs)in rural areas so that more health care facilities are able to participate.

The Government Accountability Office must: (1) study and report on graduate medical education funding structures and their success in bringing physicians to practice in rural communities, and (2) report on improving data collection on emerging health care professions.

The bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions to rural hospitals.

The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to (1) reauthorize the Primary Care Residency Expansion Program and Area Health Education Centers, and (2) authorize appropriations through FY2021 for the Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training to provide access to health care in rural areas.

The bill incorporates emerging health professionals, such as dental therapists and community paramedics, into existing loan forgiveness programs and other training programs for allied health professionals.

The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish mental health and substance use disorder training programs for schools of medicine or nursing, physician assistants, pharmacy, social work, and other allied health professions to ensure that health care providers are able to recognize, diagnose, and treat mental health and substance use disorders.

The bill also funds essential mental and behavioral health education and training grants that are used to recruit and train graduate students in mental and behavioral health fields who practice in rural and other high need areas.

]]> Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016 Display Title Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance the rural health workforce, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3190is/xml/BILLS-114s3190is.xml 2016-07-13 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.