US HB1195 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 77-50)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps to include optometry health services. Includes optometrists within: (1) the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, (2) the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and (3) the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

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Title

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsors

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY]Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. William Owens [D-NY]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Robert Schilling [R-IL]Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Allen West [R-FL]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

History

DateChamberAction
2011-03-28HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-17HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Same As/Similar To

SB2192 (Related) 2012-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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