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Primary Care Training Enhancement Act

Introduced: June 17, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jun 18, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 17, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 17, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 17, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 17, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Primary Care Training Enhancement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reimburse hospitals for the costs of teaching health centers to train primary care residents, including reimbursement to cover indirect medical education costs.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants: (1) to teaching health centers to establish new or expand existing medical residency training programs; (2) to public or private nonprofit organizations to provide technical support to such centers; (3) for state primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; and (4) for Primary Care Training Institutes.

Permits participants in the National Health Service Corps to count teaching hours as time spent toward their service obligation.

What's happening now June 18, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1