[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2354]
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By Mr. DURBIN:
S. 1051. A bill to include county and municipal correctional
facilities among medical facilities that qualify for designation as
health professional shortage areas for purposes of the National Health
Service Corps; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of
the bill be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be
printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 1051
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 ``National Health Service
Corps Expansion Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. MEDICAL FACILITIES.
Section 332(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254e(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(including care
provided by a city or county health department to inmates of
a county or municipal jail)'' after ``county health
department''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``State correctional
institution'' and inserting ``State, country, or municipal
correctional institution''.
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