Primary Care Physician Reentry Act
Latest action · Sep 19, 2014 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.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Primary Care Physician Reentry Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into primary care clinical practice in exchange for the physician providing primary care at an eligible health center for at least two years.
Requires the Secretary to award one grant to an entity in each of the 10 administrative regions of HHS to carry out physician reentry projects.
Directs grantees to assist reentering physicians by providing training, paying credentialing and other necessary fees, paying salaries, and providing loan repayment and other financial assistance.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess the need for additional primary care physicians, (2) develop a directory of programs that help physicians reenter clinical practice, (3) disseminate evaluation tools to measure the core competencies of physicians reentering clinical practice, and (4) assist regulatory and credentialing authorities to structure requirements for reentering physicians that ensure patient safety while addressing the burdens on those physicians.
Limits civil liability for physicians participating in a reentry project.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
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 Sep 16, 2014 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 19, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 16, 2014Introduced in House
- Sep 16, 2014Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7618.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into clinical practice to provide primary health services.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Primary Care Physician Reentry Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Civil actions and liability
- Education programs funding
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Licensing and registrations
- Medical education
- Performance measurement
- Student aid and college costs
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' medical care
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2014Introduced in House
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
