Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976

Summary

Health Manpower Act - Title I: Extension of Current Authorization Through Fiscal Year 1975 - Extends the authorization for specified trainee, construction, loan guarantee, interest subsidy, special project, financial distress, and scholarship grants, under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1975. Title II: General Provisions - Establishes minimum requirements for the training of physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and expanded function dental auxiliaries to extend one academic year and include supervised clinical practice and at least 4 months of classroom instruction. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex by schools training students in the health sciences. Defines acts constituting discrimination. Requires assurances that such schools or entities will not discriminate as a condition of any financial assistance under the Public Health Service Act. Requires financial assistance recipients to maintain records of the disposition of such assistance. Provides that active service of commissioned officers in the Public Health Service shall be accorded the same status as active military service under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. Title III: Assistance for Construction of Teaching Facilities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for grants for the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Specifies ceilings for the amounts of such grants. Title IV: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps - Provides that student loans under the Public Health Service Act may not exceed annual tuition costs plus $2,500. Increases the interest rate on such loans from 3 to 7 percent. Authorizes $30,000,000 to be appropriated for distribution in the student loan funds by participating schools for each of fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to schools of public health for traineeships to train students enrolled in such schools. Authorizes grants for the continuance of scholarship payments to public and private health profession schools through September 30, 1978. Establishes the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program. Specifies requirements for participation in the program by eligible institutions and students (including required periods of public health service for participating students). Authorizes grants of up to $25,000 under such program. Revises the National Health Service Corps Program (1) to provide greater financial incentives for physicians and dentists to deliver health services to medically underserved populations, and (2) to insure greater cooperation between State and Federal authorities in the administration of health programs to medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress concerning the effectiveness of such programs. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for the revision of the National Health Service Corps Program. Title V: Grants for Health Professions Schools - Authorizes grants to be made to health profession schools in amounts determined by the number of full-time students and the type of training afforded by the school. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Specifies application requirements for the awarding of such grants, including assurances of improved quality of training and increased enrollments by prospective recipients. Entitles eligible public health, veterinary, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry schools to start-up grants under the Public Health Service Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations under such Act for financial distress grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Title VI: Special Project Grants and Contracts - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to provide financial assistance to promote (1) residency programs in the general practice of dentistry and (2) with respect to schools of medicine and osteopathy, provision of clinical instruction in family medicine. Broadens the assistance program for financially disadvantaged students, and authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for project grants and contracts for schools of optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry to assist these schools in cooperating with other health profession training programs and institutions. Provides for the education and training of United States students returning from foreign medical schools with deficiencies in their medical school educations. Authorizes the Secretary to expand the overall program for training of physician assistants and expanded function dental auxiliaries. Title VII: Public and Allied Health Personnel - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for (1) institutional grants for graduate programs in health administration, hospital administration, health planning, environmental health, and preventive medicine; (2) grants for traineeships to train public and community health personnel for which the Secretary determines there is unusual need; (3) project grants and contracts for the education, coordination, and management of allied health personnel; and (4) grants for advanced training of allied health personnel. Title VIII: Medical Residency Training Programs - Restricts the number of first-year positions to be available in medical residency training programs under the Public Health Service Act. Requires the Secretary to establish a medical residency training program accrediting agency for accrediting such programs for which first-year positions may be designated. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to contract for a study of the current and projected geographical distribution of physicians by specialty and subspecialty. Directs the Secretary to arrange for studies (1) to classify allied health personnel according to activities, to identify education costs in each classification, and to identify classifications in which personnel shortages are critical; and (2) of funding alternatives for health professions education.

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Timeline

1. 26 March 1975

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 March 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 March 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 June 1975

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 94-266.

   Source: Committee

5. 7 June 1975

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with amendment, H. Rept. 94-266.

   Source: Committee

6. 12 June 1975

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, H. Rept. 94-266 (Part II).

   Source: Committee

7. 12 June 1975

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, H. Rept. 94-266 (Part II).

   Source: Committee

8. 11 July 1975

   Vote

   Measure passed House, amended, roll call #381 (296-58).

   Source: Floor

9. 11 July 1975

   Vote

   Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #381 (296-58).

   Source: Floor

10. 11 July 1975

    Floor

    Measure called up by special rule in House.

    Source: Floor

11. 15 July 1975

    Introduced

    Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

    Source: IntroReferral

12. 14 May 1976

    Reported

    Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, S. Rept. 94-886.

    Source: Committee

13. 14 May 1976

    Reported

    Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, S. Rept. 94-886.

    Source: Committee

14. 1 July 1976

    Floor

    Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.

    Source: Floor

15. 1 July 1976

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 3239, roll call #374 (88-0).

    Source: Floor

16. 30 July 1976

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference scheduled in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

17. 24 August 1976

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference scheduled in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

18. 17 September 1976

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1612.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

19. 17 September 1976

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 94-1612.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

20. 20 September 1976

    Passed

    Senate agreed to conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

21. 20 September 1976

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

22. 27 September 1976

    ResolvingDifferences

    House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with amendments.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

23. 27 September 1976

    NotUsed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with amendments.

    Source: NotUsed

24. 30 September 1976

    Passed

    Senate agreed to House amendments.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

25. 30 September 1976

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendments.

    Source: NotUsed

26. 1 October 1976

    Floor

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: Floor

27. 1 October 1976

    President

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: President

28. 1 October 1976

    President

    Measure enrolled in Senate.

    Source: President

29. 1 October 1976

    President

    Measure enrolled in House.

    Source: President

30. 12 October 1976

    President

    Public law 94-484.

    Source: President

31. 12 October 1976

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

32. 12 October 1976

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

Votes

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Sponsors

• Rep. Rogers, Paul G. [D-FL-11] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Preyer, Richardson [D-NC-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Symington, James W. [D-MO-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Carney, Charles J. [D-OH-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hastings, James F. [R-NY-39] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 5546. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of assistance under title VII for training in the health and allied health professions, to revise the National Health Service Corps program and the National Health Services Corps scholarship training program.
• related to ← Health Professions Educational Assistance Act

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