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HR 914 111th Congress House Health Government lending and loan guarantees Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Medical education

Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009

Introduced: February 9, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2009
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Mar 4, 2009
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 4, 2009
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Feb 10, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 9, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a loan program that provides loans to eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Requires that such program be an allopathic or osteopathic physician residency training program in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics or gynecology, general surgery, preventive medicine, pediatrics, and behavioral and mental health. Requires the Administrator to give preference to hospitals in a rural area or an urban area that is not a large urban area.

What's happening now March 4, 2009

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1262 Related bill Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care Act (MEDIC) of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 2 Republican 11
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Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Jun 4, 2009
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · May 4, 2009
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 4, 2009
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Apr 27, 2009
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Apr 21, 2009
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Apr 2, 2009
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Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 26, 2009
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 26, 2009
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Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 23, 2009
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 23, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 12, 2009
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 12, 2009
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 9, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 914: Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-914/
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"H.R. 914: Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-914/.
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H.R. 914, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-914/.
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