[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5134 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5134

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation 
   of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan 
               Repayment Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2006

Mrs. Emerson (for herself, Mr. Berry, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms. Herseth, 
Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Ms. Pryce of 
Ohio, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Allen, 
   Mr. Boren, Mr. Israel, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. 
 Eshoo, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Murtha, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, 
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Weller, Mr. Wamp, 
   Mr. LaHood, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
   Hulshof, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Gilchrest, and Mrs. 
    Capps) 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 to provide for the participation 
   of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan 
               Repayment Program, 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. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS; PARTICIPATION OF PHYSICAL 
              THERAPISTS IN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) Mission of Corps; Definition of Primary Health Services.--
Section 331(a)(3)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254d(a)(3)(D)) is amended by striking ``or mental health,'' and 
inserting ``mental health, or physical therapy,''.
    (b) Loan Repayment Program.--Section 338B of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``and physician 
        assistants;'' and inserting ``physician assistants, and 
        physical therapists;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the 
                semicolon the following: ``, or have a doctoral or 
                master's degree in physical therapy'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``physical 
                therapy,'' after ``mental health,''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by inserting 
                ``physical therapy,'' after ``dentistry,''.
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