1.This Act may be cited as the
National Health Service Corps
Improvement Act of 2012
.
2.Participation of
optometrists in National Health Service Corps
(1)Primary health
care servicesSection 331 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254d) is amended—
(A)in subsection
(a)(3)(D), by striking or mental health,
and inserting
optometry, or mental health,
; and
(B)in subsection
(b)(2), by striking and physician assistants
and inserting
optometrists, and physician assistants
.
(2)Section 338A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254l) is amended—
(A)in subsection
(a)(1), by striking and physician assistants
and inserting
optometrists, and physician assistants
; and
(B)in subsection
(b)(1), by striking or other health profession
and inserting
optometry, or other health profession
.
(3)
(A)Section
338B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l–1) is amended—
(i)in
subsection (a)(1), by striking and physician assistants
and
inserting optometrists, and physician assistants
;
(ii)in
subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking or another health profession
and inserting optometry, or another health profession
;
and
(iii)in
subsections (b)(1)(B) and (b)(1)(C)(ii), by striking the term or other
health profession each place such term appears and inserting
optometry, or other health profession
.
(B)Period of
obligated serviceClauses (ii) and (iii) of section 338C(b)(5)(C)
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254m(b)(5)(C)) are amended by
striking the term or other health profession each place such term
appears and inserting optometry, or other health
profession
.