[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 59 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 59

     To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health care 
 practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care, 
    including both physical and mental care, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

  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 the Public Health Service Act to provide health care 
 practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care, 
    including both physical and mental care, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Preventive Health Care 
Training Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE TRAINING.

    Section 778 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294p) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d), the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(e) Preventive Health Care Training.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants to, and 
        enter into contracts with, any eligible applicant to enable 
        such applicant to provide preventive health care training to 
        health care practitioners practicing in rural areas in 
        accordance with paragraph (3). Such training should include 
        health care to prevent both physical and mental disorders 
        before the initial occurrence of such disorders. In carrying 
        out this paragraph, the Secretary shall encourage, but may not 
        require, the use of interdisciplinary training project 
        applications.
            ``(2) Limitation.--To be eligible to receive training using 
        assistance provided under paragraph (1), a health care 
        practitioner must be determined by the eligible applicant 
        involved to be practicing, or desiring to practice, in a rural 
        area.
            ``(3) Use of assistance.--Amounts received under a grant or 
        contract under this subsection shall be used--
                    ``(A) to provide student stipends to individuals 
                attending rural community colleges or other 
                institutions which service predominantly rural 
                communities for the purpose of receiving preventive 
                health care training;
                    ``(B) to increase staff support at rural community 
                colleges or other institutions which service 
                predominantly rural communities to facilitate the 
                provision of preventive health care training;
                    ``(C) to provide training in appropriate research 
                and program evaluation skills in rural communities;
                    ``(D) to create and implement innovative programs 
                and curricula with a specific prevention component; and
                    ``(E) for other purposes as the Secretary 
                determines appropriate.
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, 
        $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1998.''; 
        and
            (3) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        ``, except subsection (e),'' after ``section,''.
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