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Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2019

Introduced: November 14, 2019 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 14, 2019
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Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2019

This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including (1) whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access, (2) whether another measure would be more accurate, and (3) potential methodologies for designating general surgery shortage areas.

HRSA must publish data comparing the availability and need of general surgery services in urban, suburban, and rural areas.

HRSA may establish a methodology for designating general surgery shortage areas and make such designations. HRSA must publish a list of general surgery shortage areas.

What's happening now November 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1841 Related bill Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2019
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Nov 14, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2859: Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2859/
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"S. 2859: Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2859/.
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S. 2859, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2859/.
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