Requires grants to address youth recruitment, training, and the expansion of the network of rural training tracks in the health professions. Earmarks one grant for a program for physicians in family medicine that includes a regional consortium of family medicine residency programs with a residency rural training program and one grant for nurses.
Gives priority to schools with on-site rural training residencies or rotations and rural recruitment and placement programs.
[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5113 Introduced in House (IH)]
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5113
To provide for the establishment of demonstration programs to address
the shortages of health care professionals in rural areas, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 12, 2002
Ms. Dunn of Washington (for herself, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Dicks, Mr.
Nethercutt, Mr. Inslee, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr.
Hastings of Washington, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Baird, Mr. Otter,
Mr. Walden, and Mr. Simpson) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To provide for the establishment of demonstration programs to address
the shortages of health care professionals in rural areas, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Health Training Incentive
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO
PRACTICE IN RURAL AREAS.
Part B of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 742. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO
PRACTICE IN RURAL AREAS.
``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services,
acting through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, may
award grants to 5 accredited schools of medicine or accredited schools
of nursing to enable each such school to conduct a demonstration
program to encourage more health professionals to practice in rural
areas.
``(b) Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Amounts provided as a grant under
subsection (a) shall be used for the following:
``(A) Developing new programs and improving
existing programs for encouraging youth in rural areas
to enter health professions.
``(B) Strengthening and stabilizing the system of
training of health professionals that are needed (as
determined by the Secretary) in rural areas.
``(C) Expanding the network of rural training
tracks in health professions.
``(2) Family medicine; nursing.--Of the 5 grants awarded
under this section--
``(A) at least 1 shall be for a demonstration
program for physicians in family medicine that includes
a regional consortium with 3 or more family medicine
residency programs that--
``(i) each have a residency rural training
program; and
``(ii) are located in 3 or more States; and
``(B) at least 1 shall be for a demonstration
program for nurses, including registered nurses, nurse
anesthetists, and nurse practitioners.
``(c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority to accredited schools of medicine or
nursing that--
``(1) have a residency program or clinical rotation with
on-site rural training of a duration of at least 2 months; and
``(2) provide a comprehensive approach to improving health
profession shortages in rural areas that includes recruiting
students from rural areas and placing graduates in rural
communities.
``(d) Matching Requirement.--
``(1) In general.--With respect to the costs of a
demonstration program to be carried out under subsection (a) by
an applicant, the Secretary may not award a grant to the
applicant unless the applicant agrees to make available
(directly or through donations from public or private entities)
non-Federal contributions toward such costs in an amount that
is not less than 50 percent of such costs.
``(2) Determination of amount contributed.--Non-Federal
contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in
kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or
services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or
services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by
the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the
amount of such non-Federal contributions.
``(e) Duration.--The Secretary shall award each grant under this
section for a period of 3 years.
``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
``(1) Accredited.--The term `accredited' means--
``(A) for a school of medicine, accredited by the
Liaison Committee on Medical Education;
``(B) for a school of nursing, accredited by the
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education; and
``(C) for a school of nursing relative to a nurse
anesthesia program, accredited by the Council on
Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.
``(2) School of nursing.--The term `school of nursing' has
the meaning given to that term under section 801.
``(g) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the end of the 3-year
period of the demonstration programs conducted with grants under this
section, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report containing
findings and recommendations on the effectiveness of the demonstration
programs in addressing the shortages of health care professionals in
rural areas.
``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2003 through 2005.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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