S 1479
102th Congress
Senate
Health
Federal aid to medical education
Federal aid to medical research
Health education
Human behavior
Physical therapy
Preventive medicine
Psychology
Risk assessment
Rural public health
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs with respect to health care areas, to provide for the establishment of model programs in behavioral health, and for other purposes.
Introduced: July 16, 1991
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Jul 16, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jul 16, 1991
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow grants and contracts relating to health care for rural areas to be used for model programs to: (1) conduct interdisciplinary research; and (2) deliver health care promotion and disease prevention services to individuals residing in rural areas. Adds to the list of eligible applicants nonprofit public organizations and schools of, or programs in, physical therapy. Declares that the Pacific Basin is included in the definition of "rural area." Authorizes appropriations.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1