[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 726 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 726

     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

                             April 15, 2013

Mr. Schatz (for himself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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 2013''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE TRAINING.

    Part D of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 754 the following:

``SEC. 754A. PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE TRAINING.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into 
contracts with, eligible applicants to enable such applicants to 
provide preventive health care training, in accordance with subsection 
(c), to health care practitioners practicing in rural areas. Such 
training shall, to the extent practicable, include training in health 
care to prevent both physical and mental disorders before the initial 
occurrence of such disorders. In carrying out this subsection, the 
Secretary shall encourage, but may not require, the use of 
interdisciplinary training project applications.
    ``(b) Limitation.--To be eligible to receive training using 
assistance provided under subsection (a), a health care practitioner 
shall be determined by the eligible applicant involved to be 
practicing, or desiring to practice, in a rural area.
    ``(c) Use of Assistance.--Amounts received under a grant made or 
contract entered into under this section shall be used--
            ``(1) to provide student stipends to individuals attending 
        rural community colleges or other institutions that service 
        predominantly rural communities, for the purpose of enabling 
        the individuals to receive preventive health care training;
            ``(2) to increase staff support at rural community colleges 
        or other institutions that service predominantly rural 
        communities to facilitate the provision of preventive health 
        care training;
            ``(3) to provide training in appropriate research and 
        program evaluation skills in rural communities;
            ``(4) to create and implement innovative programs and 
        curricula with a specific prevention component; and
            ``(5) for other purposes as the Secretary determines to be 
        appropriate.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2017.''.
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