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Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015

Introduced: April 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Apr 17, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 16, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship Program, and the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.)

“Health professional shortage area” can mean an underserved population of children and adolescents.
What's happening now April 17, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2782 Related bill Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 32
All 32 Democratic 16 Republican 10
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 14, 2016
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Nov 14, 2016
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Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · Jul 12, 2016
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jun 15, 2016
Walters, Mimi
· Jun 7, 2016
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 24, 2016
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · May 24, 2016
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 28, 2016
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Apr 18, 2016
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 18, 2016
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Apr 18, 2016
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Apr 13, 2016
WALDEN, GREG
· Apr 13, 2016
Young, David
· Apr 13, 2016
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 22, 2016
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Mar 22, 2016
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Mar 16, 2016
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Mar 16, 2016
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 14, 2016
Yoder, Kevin
· Dec 18, 2015
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 20, 2015
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 28, 2015
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Sep 17, 2015
Comstock, Barbara
· Sep 16, 2015
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Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Sep 11, 2015
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Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jul 21, 2015
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Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jun 24, 2015
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 12, 2015
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 21, 2015
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 12, 2015
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Apr 30, 2015
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Apr 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1859: Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1859/
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"H.R. 1859: Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1859/.
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