[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1761 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1761

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the inclusion of 
 occupational therapists in the National Health Service Corps Program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2015

 Mr. Tonko (for himself and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) 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 inclusion of 
 occupational therapists in the National Health Service Corps 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Occupational Therapy in Mental 
Health Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IN NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 
              CORPS PROGRAM.

    (a) Inclusion of Occupational Therapists.--Section 331(a)(3)(E)(i) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d(a)(3)(E)(i)) is 
amended by inserting ``subject to section 2(b)(2) of the Occupational 
Therapy in Mental Health Act of 2015, occupational therapists,'' after 
``psychiatric nurse specialists,''.
    (b) Effective Date; Contingent Implementation.--
            (1) Effective date.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning on 
        October 1, 2015.
            (2) Contingent implementation.--The amendment made by 
        subsection (a) shall apply with respect to obligations entered 
        into for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015 only if the total 
        amount made available for the purpose of carrying out subparts 
        II and III of part D of title III of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 254d et seq.) for such fiscal year is greater 
        than the total amount made available for such purpose for 
        fiscal year 2015.
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