[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3257 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3257

    To provide for a study to determine the extent to which health 
 professions schools provide adequate education to students on women's 
                           health conditions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 1993

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for a study to determine the extent to which health 
 professions schools provide adequate education to students on women's 
                           health conditions.

    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 ``Equity in Health Professions 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY REGARDING CURRICULA OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOLS AND 
              WOMEN'S HEALTH CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, shall conduct a study for the purpose of determining 
the extent to which health professions schools provide adequate 
education to students on women's health conditions. The Secretary shall 
give priority in the study to schools of medicine and osteopathic 
medicine.
    (b) Consultations.--The Secretary shall carry out subsection (a) in 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Research on Women's 
Health and the Director of the Office of Women's Health.
    (c) Certain Elements of Study.--In conducting the study under 
subsection (a), the Secretary--
            (1) shall assess the content of the educational programs of 
        health professions schools with respect to women's health 
        conditions, including the content of programs providing 
        clinical training; and
            (2) shall, if the Secretary determines that the extent of 
        education on such conditions is inadequate, determine the 
        extent to which such inadequacy is affecting the health of 
        women.
    (d) Comments and Recommendations of Public and Private Entities.--
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the 
comments and recommendations of public and private entities regarding 
the study under such subsection, including representatives of health 
professions schools and representatives of organizations concerned with 
women's health conditions.
    (e) Report.--Not later than April 1, 1995, the Secretary shall 
complete the study required in subsection (a) and submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report 
describing the findings made as a result of the study and containing 
any recommendations of the Secretary regarding such findings, including 
recommendations regarding the accreditation of health professions 
schools and the licensure of health professionals.
    (f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``health professions schools'' means--
                    (A) the schools and programs defined in section 
                799(1) of the Public Health Service Act (other than 
                schools of veterinary medicine); and
                    (B) schools of nursing, as defined in section 853 
                of such Act.
            (2) The term ``Office of Research on Women's Health'' means 
        the Office of Research on Women's Health established within the 
        Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health.
            (3) The term ``Office of Women's Health'' means the Office 
        of Women's Health established within the Office of the 
        Assistant Secretary for Health.
            (4) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services.
            (5) The term ``women's health conditions'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 486 of the Public Health Service 
        Act.

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