[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 120 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 120

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 1997

  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.

    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 
(42 U.S.C. 292q) is 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 ``or doctor of 
        veterinary medicine or an equivalent degree'' and inserting 
        ``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 the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 292r) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``or doctor of 
        veterinary medicine or an equivalent degree'' and inserting 
        ``doctor of veterinary medicine or an equivalent degree, or a 
        graduate degree in clinical psychology''; and
            (2) in subsection (k)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``or podiatry'' and inserting ``podiatry, or 
                clinical psychology''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or podiatric 
                medicine'' and inserting ``podiatric medicine, or 
                clinical psychology''.
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