United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of primary care physicians serving health professional shortage areas, and for other purposes.

1/11/2007--Introduced.
United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2007-FY2011 to:
(1) carry out the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program and Loan Repayment Program to assure an adequate supply of physicians and other health professionals to provide primary health services;
(2) assist schools in supporting programs of excellence in health professionals education for underrepresented minority individuals; and
(3) assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake education to enter a health profession. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health centers to:
(1) establish new or alternative-campus accredited medical residency training programs affiliated with a hospital or other health care facility; or
(2) fund new residency positions within existing accredited medical residency training programs at the centers and their affiliated partners. Requires the Secretary to give preference to funding medical residency training programs focusing on primary health care. Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to community health centers to:
(1) increase the number of medical service providers associated with such centers; and
(2) increase primary health care capabilities through the construction, expansion, or renovation of facilities.


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Sponsor

• Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
• and 40 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
  • Rep. Donna Christensen [D, VI-0]
  • Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
  • Rep. John Salazar [D, CO-3]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.410

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 11, 2007

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• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Jan 11, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Jan 11, 2007.

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• Medical supplies
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• Health policy
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• Labor
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• Medical care
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• Medical personnel
• Medical residents
• Mentoring
• Minorities
• Minorities in medicine
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• Physicians
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• Recruiting of employees
• Scholarships
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