Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 15, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 15, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 to: (1) carry out the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and Loan Repayment Program to assure an adequate supply of physicians and other health professionals to provide primary health services; (2) assist schools in supporting programs of excellence in health professionals education for underrepresented minority individuals; and (3) assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake education to enter a health profession.
Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health centers to: (1) establish new or alternative-campus accredited medical residency training programs affiliated with a hospital or other health care facility; or (2) fund new residency positions within existing accredited medical residency training programs at the centers and their affiliated partners. Requires the Secretary to give preference to funding medical residency training programs focusing on primary health care.
Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to community health centers to: (1) increase the number of medical service providers associated with such centers; and (2) increase primary health care capabilities through the construction, expansion, or renovation of facilities.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to recipients of financial assistance for area health education center programs to improve the effectiveness of such programs.
Amends title XVIII (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make changes to the direct and indirect graduate medical education provisions regarding costs for the training program for purposes of counting the number of residents in a non-hospital setting. Sets forth requirements for a medical residency training program to be considered an accredited training program with an integrated rural track.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 15, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Original | Mar 15, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 15, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3204-3206)
- Mar 15, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3204–S3206 | Lisa Murkowski R-AK | Mar 15, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 410 | United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007 | Related bill | Feb 2, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and medical residents serving health professional shortage areas, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Authorization
- Building construction
- Child health
- Clinics
- Community health services
- Construction costs
- Curricula
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Higher education
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Indian medical care
- Labor and Employment
- Leases
- Maintenance and repair
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medical residents
- Medical supplies
- Medicare
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Minorities in medicine
- Minority education
- Obstetrics
- Physicians
- Public health personnel
- Recruiting of employees
- Rural health
- Scholarships
- Social Welfare
- Student loan funds
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
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