United States · Bill · S
S. 1628 (111th)
Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009
Introduced
6 August 2009
Last action
6 August 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9026)
Sponsors
Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC], Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK], Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Kirk, Paul Grattan, Jr. [D-MA], Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Subjects
Healthcare, Education
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a program to make grants to accredited schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine to: (1) assist such schools in recruiting students most likely to practice medicine in underserved rural communities; (2) provide rural-focused training and experience; and (3) increase the number of recent allopathic and osteopathic medical school graduates who practice in underserved rural communities. Requires the Secretary to convene a Rural Training Program Symposium to: (1) develop best practices for such schools; and (2) establish a network of medical schools that have developed or will develop rural training programs.
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Timeline
6 August 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9026)
Source: IntroReferral
6 August 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9025-9026)
Source: IntroReferral
6 August 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 6 August 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kirk, Paul Grattan, Jr. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1628
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1628
- us · 111-s-1628 · source updated 14 August 2025