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HR 5223 113th Congress House

RDOCS Act of 2014

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States for the purpose of assisting the States in operating an RDOCS program in order to provide … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States for the purpose of assisting the States in operating an RDOCS program in order to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas.

Introduced: July 28, 2014 See on congress.gov
Health Education programs fundingHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHealth programs administration and funding
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Aug 1, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 28, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1245-1246)
Jul 28, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 1, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2014 or RDOCS Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make matching grants under which states provide RDOCS scholarships, paying all costs of a student's undergraduate medical education, to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas.

Requires the scholarship recipient to agree to residency training in a primary care specialty and a five-year post-graduate period of service in a health professional shortage area.

Requires that preference be given in awarding scholarships to applicants enrolled in: (1) an accelerated track family-medicine program (an integrated course of study allowing completion of undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education in six years), or (2) a program that includes clinical training in rural or underserved urban communities.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5223: RDOCS Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5223/
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"H.R. 5223: RDOCS Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5223/.
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H.R. 5223, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5223/.
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