Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 13, 2017)
Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship Program, and the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.)
“Health professional shortage area” can mean an underserved population of children and adolescents.What just happenedSep 15, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 13, 2017
- Sep 15, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Sep 13, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 13, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 13, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House