Caring for an Aging America Act

Caring for an Aging America Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include geriatrics and gerontology within the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6710 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6710

 To include geriatrics and gerontology in the definition of ``primary 
   health services'' under the National Health Service Corps program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 27, 2012

Ms. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To include geriatrics and gerontology in the definition of ``primary 
   health services'' under the National Health Service Corps program.

    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 ``Caring for an Aging America Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES.

    Section 331(a)(3)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254d(a)(3)(D)) is amended by inserting ``geriatrics, gerontology,'' 
after ``pediatrics,''.
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