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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Primary Care Training and Enhancement program and the Area Health Education Centers program; it also establishes a National Rural Health Care Workforce Commission.</p>]]></text>
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