Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2003
Latest action · Dec 17, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2003
- Passed SenateNov 25, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on November 6, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2003 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make payments of up to $35,000 on behalf of a qualifying individual with a baccalaureate or doctorate pharmacy degree and a license to practice for the repayment of pharmacy education loans for each year (two-year minimum) that the individual serves in a health care facility with a critical shortage of pharmacists.
Provides for: (1) additional tax liability payments; (2) financial need preference; (3) Federal repayment by an individual who fails to provide the required health services, unless otherwise waived by the Secretary; and (4) a program report within five years of enactment of this Act.
Authorizes FY 2004 through 2008 appropriations.
Directs the Secretary to make payments of up to $35,000 on behalf of a qualifying individual with a baccalaureate or doctorate pharmacy degree or in the final year of such study for the repayment of pharmacy educational loans for each year (two-year minimum) that such person serves as a faculty member at a school of pharmacy which provides assistance to: (1) medically underserved areas; (2) prisons; (3) veterans or the armed forces; (4) the Indian Health Service; or (5) a disproportionate share hospital under the Social Security Act. States that such payments shall be in addition to regular faculty compensation.
Authorizes FY 2004 through 2008 appropriations.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2003 to Jun 23, 2003, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Mar 18, 2003 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Original | Mar 18, 2003 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Mar 18, 2003 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Mar 18, 2003 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Mar 18, 2003 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 18, 2003 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Mar 18, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Apr 3, 2003 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Apr 3, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jun 9, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 23, 2003 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 8, 2003Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 8, 2003Received in the House.
- Dec 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Nov 25, 2003Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S16054-16057; text of measure as reported to Senate: CR S16054-16057)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3591 | Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2003 | Related bill | Dec 4, 2003 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Armed Forces and National Security
- College teachers
- Computers
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Distance education
- Drug therapy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational technology
- Federal aid to education
- Graduate education
- Health
- Higher education
- Hospitals
- Income tax
- Indian medical care
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medically uninsured
- Military hospitals
- Military medicine
- Minorities
- Pharmacists
- Prisons
- Professional education
- Public health personnel
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Student loan funds
- Taxation
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.