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8/6/2009--Introduced.Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a program to make grants to accre

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8/6/2009--Introduced.Rural Physician Pipeline Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a program to make grants to accredited schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine to:
(1) assist such schools in recruiting students most likely to practice medicine in underserved rural communities;
(2) provide rural-focused training and experience; and
(3) increase the number of recent allopathic and osteopathic medical school graduates who practice in underserved rural communities. Requires the Secretary to convene a Rural Training Program Symposium to:
(1) develop best practices for such schools; and
(2) establish a network of medical schools that have developed or will develop rural training programs.

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