Rural Health Improvement Act of 1995

Summary

Rural Health Improvement Act of 1995 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize competitive grants for the development of networks among rural and urban health care providers to preserve and share health care resources and enhance the quality and availability of health care in rural areas. Allows the networks to be statewide or regional. Specifies the services for which grant amounts must be used. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes competitive grants to develop and administer cooperatives in rural areas that will establish an effective case management and reimbursement system designed to support the economic viability of essential public or private health services, facilities, health care systems, and health care resources. Involves the cooperative in matters such as third party reimbursement, employee health insurance, malpractice insurance, and managed care and practice standards. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes competitive grants to develop and implement a plan for mental health outreach programs in rural areas. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes grants to enable rural communities to provide stipends to physicians, nurses, or other health professional trainees to encourage such individuals to continue to provide health care services in such communities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for each month a primary health services provider (who has not received a scholarship under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program or any loan repayments under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program) provides services in a health professional shortage area.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 May 1995

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 May 1995

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 16 May 1995

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