[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3220 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3220

 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to increasing the 
 number of health professionals who practice in the United States in a 
                     field of primary health care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 1993

Mr. Traficant 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 with respect to increasing the 
 number of health professionals who practice in the United States in a 
                     field of primary health care.

    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 ``Health Professions Education 
Availability Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT IN CERTAIN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
              OF REQUIREMENTS REGARDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND 
              ADMISSION OF DOMESTIC APPLICANTS.

    Section 791 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295j), as 
added by section 102 of Public Law 102-408 (106 Stat. 1994), is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
        (c) and (d), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
        subsection:
    ``(b) Certain Requirements for Schools.--
            ``(1) Primary health care.--The Secretary may make an award 
        of a grant or contract under this title to a health professions 
        school only if the school agrees that the school will, in 
        accordance with such criteria as the Secretary may establish, 
        carry out a program--
                    ``(A) to emphasize training in primary health care; 
                and
                    ``(B) to encourage the students of the school to 
                enter a field of primary health care as a career 
                choice.
            ``(2) Domestic applicants.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary may make an award of a grant or 
                contract under this title to a health professions 
                school only if the school agrees that, in considering 
                applications for admission to the programs of health 
                professions education operated by the school, the 
                school will admit an individual who is not a citizen or 
                permanent resident alien of the United States only if 
                no qualified applicant who is such a citizen or alien 
                is seeking admission.
                    ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 
                `program of health professions education' includes 
                medical residency training programs and other 
                postgraduate programs in health professions 
                education.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act takes effect October 1, 1993, or upon the date of the 
enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later.

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