[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4052 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4052

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to prioritize the treatment of 
  veterans with traumatic brain injuries through the National Health 
                 Service Corps, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2015

Ms. Maxine Waters of California (for herself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. 
Fattah, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Jackson 
Lee, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Meeks, Mr. 
 Honda, Mr. Jeffries, and Mr. Hastings) 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 prioritize the treatment of 
  veterans with traumatic brain injuries through the National Health 
                 Service Corps, 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. PRIORITIZING TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES AND PTSD 
              BY NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.

    (a) Priority in Assigning Corps Personnel.--Section 333A(a)(1) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f-1(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking ``(1) give priority to'' and all that follows through the end 
of subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) give priority to any such application that--
                    ``(A) is made regarding the provision of primary 
                health services to a health professional shortage 
                area--
                            ``(i) with the greatest such shortage; or
                            ``(ii) serving a high number of veterans 
                        (as defined in section 101(2) of title 38, 
                        United States Code) with mental and behavioral 
                        issues and other ailments resulting from 
                        traumatic brain injuries; and''.
    (b) Priority for Receiving Loan Repayment Contracts.--Section 
338B(d)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1(d)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) to any application for such a contract 
                submitted by an individual who has received, or is 
                receiving, training with respect to assessment of risk 
                for, early intervention for, and diagnosis, management, 
                and treatment of, posttraumatic stress disorder 
                (including in connection with traumatic brain injuries) 
                pursuant to clinical practice guidelines of the 
                Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of 
                Defense.''.
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