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HR 2037 113th Congress House

Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act

Official title: To establish a demonstration grant program to recruit, train, deploy, and professionally support psychiatric physicians in Indian health programs.

Introduced: January 7, 2014 See on congress.gov
Native Americans Education programs fundingGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnel
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Health programs administration and fundingIndian social and development programsMedical educationMental healthMinority healthStudent aid and college costsWages and earnings
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Jun 3, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
May 17, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 16, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
May 16, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 3, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a five-year grant to one department of psychiatry in, or one non-profit entity affiliated with, an accredited medical school in this country to carry out a demonstration program to recruit, train, deploy, and professionally support psychiatric physicians who agree to provide primary and specialty health care services in Indian health programs for at least two years.

Requires the grantee to: (1) create a nationally-replicable workforce model that identifies and incorporates best practices for carrying out such activities, and (2) provide participating psychiatric physicians with up to one year of supplemental clinical and cultural competency training that enables them to provide primary and specialty health care services in Indian health programs.

Requires participating psychiatric physicians to: (1) be licensed or eligible for licensure to practice in the state to which they will be deployed; and (2) demonstrate a commitment, beyond the one year of training and two years of deployment, to a career as a specialty care or primary care physician providing mental health services in Indian health programs. Gives a preference to psychiatric physicians who are American Indians or Alaska Natives.

Directs the Secretary to make a repayment, under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program, of the educational loans of participating psychiatric physicians for each year of their deployment to an Indian health program.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2037: Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2037/
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"H.R. 2037: Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2037/.
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H.R. 2037, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2037/.
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