Pharmacist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2011

Pharmacist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make pharmacists eligible for educational loan repayment through the National Health Service Corps in exchange for service in a health professional shortage area.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 48 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 48

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation 
  of pharmacists in National Health Services Corps programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

   Mr. Inouye (for himself, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Begich) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation 
  of pharmacists in National Health Services Corps programs, 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 ``Pharmacist Student Loan Repayment 
Eligibility Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS; PARTICIPATION OF PHARMACISTS IN 
              LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) National Health Service Corps.--Section 331(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``nursing and other 
        schools of the health professions,'' and inserting ``nursing, 
        pharmacy, and other schools of the health professions,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and physician 
        assistants who have an interest and a commitment to providing 
        primary health care,'' and inserting ``physician assistants, 
        and pharmacists who have an interest and commitment to 
        providing primary health care,''.
    (b) National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.--Section 
338B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``and physician 
        assistants'' and inserting ``physician assistants, and 
        pharmacists''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``dentistry, 
                or another health profession,'' and inserting 
                ``dentistry, pharmacy, or another health profession,''; 
                and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
                ``dentistry, or other health profession'' and inserting 
                ``dentistry, pharmacy, or other health profession''.
    (c) Corps Personnel.--Section 333(e) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 254f(e)) is amended by striking ``dentistry, or any 
other health profession'' and inserting ``dentistry, pharmacy, or any 
other health profession''.
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