3.0.0 1659 2022-11-01T06:02:36Z 2022-11-01T06:02:36Z Senate S 2019-05-23 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-23T18:49:17Z 2019-05-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3112-3113) IntroReferral 2019-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-05-23 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2019-09-09 False Health Child health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Medical education Mental health Student aid and college costs Health 00 2019-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-03T16:27:15Z Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2019

This bill expands the scope of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) to include pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists. Currently, the NHSC provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to primary care, dental care, and mental health care providers who agree to work in areas that face a shortage of these types of providers.

In addition, the bill provides that an underserved population of children and adolescents may be designated as a health professional shortage area. (This designation confers eligibility for, and priority preferences with respect to, NHSC placements, grants, and other activities to address shortages of health care professionals.)

]]> Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2019 Display Title Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1659is/xml/BILLS-116s1659is.xml 2019-05-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3112-3113) 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.