Teague Grant Reauthorization Act - Recognizes: (1) the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Veterans' Administration Medical School Assistance and Health Manpower Training Act of 1972; (2) the critical and historic role played by that Act towards alleviating the shortfall in the number of physicians and other health care professionals; and (3) the importance of continued growth in partnerships between the Department of Veterans Affairs and affiliated medical schools.
Adds as a purpose of current grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to affiliated medical schools as a result of such Act the addressing of shortfalls in the number of physicians and other health care professionals employed in the Department's Veterans Health Administration. Designates such grants as "Teague Grants" in honor of Olin E. Teague, the most decorated veteran ever to have served in Congress.
Reauthorizes and extends the grant program for FY 2005 through 2009. Includes within criteria for grant approval a determination that proposed projects and programs will increase the number of medical and nursing students attending the affiliated school. Directs the Secretary to give a priority in grant awards to medical schools established under the Act.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2126 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2126
To recognize the importance of the Veterans' Administration Medical
School Assistance and Health Manpower Training Act of 1972 in
addressing shortfalls in the number of physicians and other health care
professionals employed in the health care system of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, to reauthorize the program of grants to medical
schools affiliated with the Department, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15, 2003
Mr. Edwards (for himself, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Rahall, and Mr. Hobson)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To recognize the importance of the Veterans' Administration Medical
School Assistance and Health Manpower Training Act of 1972 in
addressing shortfalls in the number of physicians and other health care
professionals employed in the health care system of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, to reauthorize the program of grants to medical
schools affiliated with the Department, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Teague Grant Reauthorization Act''.
SECTION 2. SUCCESS OF VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL SCHOOL
ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH MANPOWER TRAINING ACT OF 1972 IN
ALLEVIATING SHORTAGES OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) A severe shortage in the number of physicians and other
health care professionals in the United States is predicted for
the next two decades, as a result of a substantial growth in
demand for medical services compared with the number of medical
school graduates, foreign doctors in the United States, and
other health care professionals available to meet that demand.
(2) Recent studies based on current trends predict a
national shortage of up to 50,000 physicians by 2010 and up to
200,000 physicians by 2020.
(3) The passage and funding of the Veterans' Administration
Medical School Assistance and Health Manpower Training Act of
1972 (Public Law 92-541), which added chapter 82 to title 38,
United States Code, helped to prevent a predicted shortage of
physicians and other health care professionals in the 1970s and
1980s, and resulted in the establishment of five new medical
schools in the United States, at East Tennessee State
University, the University of South Carolina, Texas A&M
University, Wright State University, and Marshall University,
each operated in conjunction with health care facilities of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
(4) Over the past three decades, the partnerships between
the Department of Veterans Affairs and those five medical
schools not only helped prevent such a physician shortage, but
also fostered significant gains in the quality of physician
education, medical research, and health care delivery.
(5) Physicians and other health care professionals educated
in those medical schools have benefited from the rich and
diverse educational experiences available in veterans' health
care facilities.
(6) Veterans and their families have benefited from medical
care that is enhanced by faculty physicians, residency
training, and comprehensive medical education that is available
in veterans health care facilities affiliated with those
medical schools.
(b) Recognition.--Congress hereby recognizes--
(1) the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Veterans'
Administration Medical School Assistance and Health Manpower
Training Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-541);
(2) the critical and historic role played by that Act
towards alleviating the shortfall in the number of physicians
and other health care professionals; and
(3) the importance of continued growth in the partnerships
between the Department of Veterans Affairs and medical schools
affiliated with the Department.
SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE AND DESIGNATION OF GRANTS.
Section 8221 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and to cooperate'' and all that follows
through ``such subchapter'' and inserting ``to address
shortfalls in the number of physicians and other health care
professionals employed in the Veterans Health Administration'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``Grants under this subchapter shall be known as `Teague
Grants' in honor of the most-decorated veteran ever to have
served in Congress, the Honorable Olin E. `Tiger' Teague of
Texas.''.
SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM OF GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL
SCHOOLS.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 8222 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following
new subsection:
``(a) There is authorized to be appropriated for carrying out
programs authorized under this subchapter $10,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2005 through 2009.''; and
(2) by striking subsection (c).
(b) Criteria for Grants.--Subsection (b) of section 8223 of such
title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the
following: ``and will increase the number of medical or nursing
students attending the school'';
(2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph:
``(4) the application sets forth demonstrated benefits to
the Department and to the care of veterans; and''.
(c) Priority of Grant Awards.--Such section is further amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) The Secretary shall give priority in the award of grants
under this section to the medical schools established pursuant to
subchapter I.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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