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S 1057 IS
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1057
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 14, 2009
Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. CARDIN, and Mr. BROWN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS; PARTICIPATION OF PHYSICAL THERAPISTS IN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Mission of Corps; Definition of Primary Health Services- Section 331(a)(3)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d(a)(3)(D)) is amended by striking ‘or mental health,’ and inserting ‘mental health, or physical therapy,’.
(b) Loan Repayment Program- Section 338B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘and physician assistants;’ and inserting ‘physician assistants, and physical therapists;’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘, or have a doctoral or master’s degree in physical therapy’;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘physical therapy,’ after ‘mental health,’; and
(C) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by inserting ‘physical therapy,’ after ‘dentistry,’.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.1057 as Introduced in Senate Physical Therapist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2009
