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S. 989 (115th)

Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017

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Introduced

28 April 2017

Last action

28 April 2017 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sponsors

Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], John Reed, Amy Klobuchar, Susan Collins, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN], Jeanne Shaheen

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship Program, and the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.) “Health professional shortage area” can mean an underserved population of children and adolescents.

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Timeline

  1. 28 April 2017

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 April 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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