S 2489
99th Congress
Senate
Social Welfare
Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to medical education
Geriatrics
Graduate education
Health
Medical education
Medical personnel
Physicians
Public health
Teacher education
Geriatric Physicians Graduate Medical Education Act of 1986
Introduced: May 21, 1986
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 1986
Subcommittee on Aging (Labor and Human Resources). Hearings held.
May 21, 1986
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
May 21, 1986
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Geriatric Physicians Graduate Medical Education Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, various specified kinds of medical institutions to support geriatric medicine training projects for physicians who plan to teach geriatric medicine. Prescribes guidelines for such training projects.
Increases from $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 the amounts authorized for FY 1987 and 1988 for health professions training programs. Earmarks 50 percent of the appropriations for each of the fiscal years 1987 and beyond for implementation of the geriatric physicians training program.
What's happening now
Subcommittee on Aging (Labor and Human Resources). Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1