HAHPSA 2009
Latest action · Aug 3, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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 26, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act of 2009 or HAHPSA 2009 - Establishes the National Health Care Workforce Commission to: (1) review current and projected health care workforce supply and demand; and (2) make recommendations to Congress and the Administration concerning national health care workforce priorities, goals, and policies.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make matching grants to states for the operation of State Health Workforce Centers to improve the training, deployment, and retention of critical health professionals in underserved areas and for underserved populations.
Revises provisions related to payments for direct graduate medical education costs and for the indirect costs of medical education, including to: (1) support the implementation of community-based training and innovative training models; and (2) require the Secretary to revise policies that constrain the Secretary's ability to respond to emergency situations and situations involving institutional and program closure.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of geriatric assessments and chronic care management and coordination services.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to use excess amounts appropriated to address shortages of health professionals in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas.
Expands loan repayment programs and training programs for health professionals.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for Medical, Dental, Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Behavioral and Mental Health, Public Health, and Nursing Students in the United States Public Health Sciences Track in Affiliated Schools; and (2) award grants to increase health professions training in high-needs specialties.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2009 to Jul 10, 2009; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Jun 26, 2009 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Jun 26, 2009 |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Original | Jun 26, 2009 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 10, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jul 10, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Jul 10, 2009 |
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 7, 2009 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2009 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2009 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2009 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2009 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Aug 3, 2009 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2009 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jul 7, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 26, 2009Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
- Jun 26, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Jun 26, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Jun 26, 2009Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
- Jun 26, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Jun 26, 2009Referred to House Armed Services
- Jun 26, 2009Referred to House Natural Resources
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 790 | HAHPSA 2009 | Related bill | Apr 2, 2009 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas in the United States by addressing the supply of health professionals and the distribution of health professionals to areas of need.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- HAHPSA 2009
- Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Allied health services
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Education programs funding
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Home and outpatient care
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Nursing
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2009Introduced in House
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