Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Mar 24, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Mar 31, 2023
E&C
Step 3
Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons. Specifically, HRSA must study (1) whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) program accurately assesses adequacy of access to general surgeons, (2) whether another measure would be more accurate, and (3) potential methodologies for designating general surgery shortage areas. (The NHSC provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to primary care, dental care, and mental health care providers who agree to work in areas that HRSA designates as having a shortage of those particular typ...
Timeline · 3 actions
Mar 31, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 24, 2023
Introduced in House
Mar 24, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.