3.0.0 898 2023-01-11T13:27:24Z 2023-01-11T13:27:24Z Senate S 2015-04-13 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-13T20:24:52Z National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 114 1312 HR 2015-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-04-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-04-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2015-04-13 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2015-04-13 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2015-04-13 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2015-04-14 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-04-14 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2015-04-14 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2015-04-20 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-04-22 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-04-23 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-04-29 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2015-04-30 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-07-22 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-07-27 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-08-03 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-11-03 False Health Education programs funding Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Hearing, speech, and vision care Medical education Student aid and college costs Health 00 2015-04-13 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-07T19:45:27Z National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include optometry services in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.

Optometrists are eligible for the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

]]> National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 Display Title National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s898is/xml/BILLS-114s898is.xml 2015-04-13 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.