HR 1948 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2001

Introduced May 22, 2001 Originated House Sponsor John Shimkus R-IL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 1, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 22, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), through scholarships and loans for health professional training under the National Health Service Corps' scholarship and loan repayment programs, to assure an adequate supply of medical technologists and medical laboratory technicians to provide primary health services in health professional shortage areas.

Requires the Secretary to give preference, in making awards of grants and contracts to increase the number of individuals trained in allied health professions, to entities with programs training medical laboratory personnel.

Directs the Secretary to make grants for training to increase the number of cytotechnologists available for screening women for cervical cancer.

Directs the Secretary to support programs that train medical laboratory personnel in disciplines that recognize or identify the resistance of pathogens (in combating antimicrobial resistance) and that recognize or identify a potential biological agent (in combating bioterrorism).

Revises requirements for the use of Federal payments under cooperative agreements or grants between the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and public or private nonprofit entities for the training of allied health professionals with respect to the prevention and treatment methods for heart, blood vessel, lung, or blood diseases. Requires that training emphasis be given to medical laboratory personnel in medical laboratory disciplines with respect to which there are needs for increased numbers of personnel.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2001 to Apr 17, 2002; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalMay 22, 2001
R-FLMichael BilirakisOriginalMay 22, 2001
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMay 22, 2001
D-IALeonard L. BoswellMay 24, 2001
D-ILRod R. BlagojevichMay 24, 2001
D-MIDale E. KildeeJun 5, 2001
D-TXMax SandlinJun 5, 2001
D-HINeil AbercrombieJun 5, 2001
D-MIDavid E. BoniorJun 6, 2001
D-MOKaren McCarthyJun 7, 2001
D-ILBobby L. RushJun 13, 2001
D-NYCharles B. RangelJun 13, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 20, 2001
R-ILJerry WellerJun 26, 2001
R-GAJohnny IsaksonJun 27, 2001
D-CALois CappsJul 10, 2001
R-MDRobert L. Ehrlich Jr.Jul 10, 2001
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Jul 10, 2001
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezJul 19, 2001
R-ILRay LaHoodJul 19, 2001
R-ILHenry J. HydeJul 23, 2001
D-RIJames R. LangevinJul 26, 2001
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJul 31, 2001
D-CAAnna G. EshooAug 1, 2001
D-ILJerry F. CostelloSep 5, 2001
D-MEJohn Elias BaldacciSep 5, 2001
D-PAMichael F. DoyleSep 5, 2001
D-AZEd PastorSep 10, 2001
D-NCDavid E. PriceSep 21, 2001
D-HIPatsy T. MinkOct 2, 2001
R-SCLindsey GrahamOct 3, 2001
D-ILDanny K. DavisNov 1, 2001
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Nov 1, 2001
D-NJDonald M. PayneNov 7, 2001
D-KSDennis MooreNov 15, 2001
D-NVShelley BerkleyNov 15, 2001
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaDec 6, 2001
R-NETom OsborneDec 11, 2001
R-KYEd WhitfieldDec 19, 2001
D-WIThomas M. BarrettJan 24, 2002
D-MNBetty McCollumApr 10, 2002
R-COJoel HefleyApr 17, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred May 22, 2001
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jun 1, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 1, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. May 22, 2001Introduced in House
  3. May 22, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 107-72BIOTERRORISM AND PROPOSALS TO COMBAT BIOTERRORISM130 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeNov 15, 2001
Serial No. 107-57AUTHORIZING SAFETY NET PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS165 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeAug 1, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the shortage of medical laboratory personnel.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2001Introduced in House

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