Primary Care Training Enhancement Act
Latest action · Jun 18, 2009 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.
- IntroducedJun 17, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Primary Care Training Enhancement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reimburse hospitals for the costs of teaching health centers to train primary care residents, including reimbursement to cover indirect medical education costs.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants: (1) to teaching health centers to establish new or expand existing medical residency training programs; (2) to public or private nonprofit organizations to provide technical support to such centers; (3) for state primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; and (4) for Primary Care Training Institutes.
Permits participants in the National Health Service Corps to count teaching hours as time spent toward their service obligation.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2009 to Jul 28, 2009, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Original | Jun 17, 2009 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 28, 2009 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 17, 2009Introduced in House
- Jun 17, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Jun 17, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Jun 17, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 17, 2009Introduced in House
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