U.S. Congress - H.R.6400 Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2012
H.R.6400 - Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2012
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States for the purpose of assisting the States in operating an RDOCS program in order to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas. view all titles (3)
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- Short: Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2012 as introduced.
- Short: RDOCS Act of 2012 as introduced.
- Official: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States for the purpose of assisting the States in operating an RDOCS program in order to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas. as introduced.
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Official Summary
9/13/2012--Introduced.Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2012 or the RDOCS Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants under which states provide RDOCS scholarships, paying all cOfficial Summary
9/13/2012--Introduced.Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2012 or the RDOCS Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants under which states provide RDOCS scholarships, paying all costs of a student's undergraduate medical education, to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas. Requires the scholarship recipient to agree to residency training in a primary care specialty and a five-year post-graduate period of service in a health professional shortage area. Requires that preference be given in award of scholarships to applicants enrolled in:(1) an accelerated track family-medicine program (an integrated course of study allowing completion of undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education in six years), or
(2) a program that includes clinical training in rural or underserved urban communities. Sets a minimum rate at which federal funding must be matched.
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