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S 1628 111th Congress Senate Health Education programs funding Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Medical education Rural conditions and development

Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009

Introduced: August 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Aug 6, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9026)
Aug 6, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9025-9026)
Aug 6, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a program to make grants to accredited schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine to: (1) assist such schools in recruiting students most likely to practice medicine in underserved rural communities; (2) provide rural-focused training and experience; and (3) increase the number of recent allopathic and osteopathic medical school graduates who practice in underserved rural communities.

Requires the Secretary to convene a Rural Training Program Symposium to: (1) develop best practices for such schools; and (2) establish a network of medical schools that have developed or will develop rural training programs.

What's happening now August 6, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9026)

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