[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1836 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1836

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an increase in 
      the number of mental health professionals serving in health 
                      professional shortage areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 1993

 Mr. Poshard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an increase in 
      the number of mental health professionals serving in health 
                      professional shortage areas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Mental Health Services 
Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVISION FOR INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MENTAL 
              HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN SHORTAGE AREAS.

    Section 338H(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254q(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:
            ``(3) Mental health professionals.--In providing contracts 
        under this subpart for scholarships and loan repayments, the 
        Secretary shall ensure that an appropriate number of mental 
        health professionals is assigned under section 333 for health 
        professional shortage areas.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

    With respect to contracts for scholarships and loan repayments 
under subpart III of part D of title III of the Public Health Service 
Act, the amendment made by section 2 applies with respect to contracts 
entered into on or after October 1, 1993.

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