[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 127 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 127

  To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to make certain 
  graduate programs in clinical psychology eligible to participate in 
   various health professions loan programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to make certain 
  graduate programs in clinical psychology eligible to participate in 
   various health professions loan programs, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS HEALTH PROFESSIONS LOAN PROGRAMS.

    (a) Loan Agreements.--Section 721 of the Public Health Service Act 
(as amended by the Health Professions Education Extension Amendments of 
1992) amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or any public or 
        nonprofit schools that offer graduate programs in clinical 
        psychology'' after ``veterinary medicine'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(4), by striking out ``or doctor of 
        veterinary medicine or an equivalent degree'' and inserting in 
        lieu thereof ``doctor of veterinary medicine or an equivalent 
        degree, or a graduate degree in clinical psychology''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``, or schools that 
        offer graduate programs in clinical psychology'' after 
        ``veterinary medicine''.
    (b) Loan Provisions.--Section 722 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 294n) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out ``or doctor of 
        veterinary medicine or an equivalent degree'' and inserting in 
        lieu thereof ``doctor of veterinary medicine or an equivalent 
        degree, or a graduate degree in clinical psychology''; and
            (2) in subsection (l)--
                    (A) by striking out ``or podiatry'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``podiatry, or clinical psychology'' in 
                the matter preceding paragraph (1); and
                    (B) by striking out ``or podiatric medicine'' in 
                paragraph (4), and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``podiatric medicine, or clinical psychology''.

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