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

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

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.

Committees of jurisdiction 2