S 2597
107th Congress
Senate
Education
Alaska
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family medicine
Federal aid to medical education
Health
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Idaho
Labor and Employment
Mentoring
Montana
Physicians
Rural education
Rural health
Washington State
Wyoming
Rural Health Training Incentive Act
Introduced: June 6, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 6, 2002
Introduced in Senate
Jun 6, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5210)
Jun 6, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5209-5210)
Plain-English summary
Rural Health Training Incentive Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a three-year grant to the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho joint medical school (WWAMI) to recruit and train family physicians in rural areas.
Authorizes expansion of such program to other geographic areas for regional schools with a rural area training track of at least two months.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5210)
Committees of jurisdiction
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