Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2016
Latest action · Apr 12, 2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1913)
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.
- IntroducedApr 12, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2016
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship Program, and the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.)
“Health professional shortage area” can mean an underserved population of children and adolescents.Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 12, 2016 to Nov 30, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 12, 2016 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Sep 13, 2016 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Nov 30, 2016 |
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 Apr 12, 2016 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2016Introduced in Senate
- Apr 12, 2016Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1913)
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.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 989 | Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 28, 2017 |
| HR 1859 | Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 17, 2015 |
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 to provide for the participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2016Introduced in Senate
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