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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 59

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health care practitioners

in rural areas with training in preventive health care, including both

physical and mental care, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. INOUYE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health

care practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care, including both physical and mental care,

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Preventive

5 Health Care Training Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE TRAINING.

7 Section 778 of the Public Health Service Act (42

8 U.S.C. 294p) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as

2 subsections (f) and (g), respectively;

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (d), the follow4 ing new subsection:

5 ‘‘(e) PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE TRAINING.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make

7 grants to, and enter into contracts with, any eligible

8 applicant to enable such applicant to provide preven9 tive health care training to health care practitioners

10 practicing in rural areas in accordance with para11 graph (3). Such training should include health care

12 to prevent both physical and mental disorders before

13 the initial occurrence of such disorders. In carrying

14 out this paragraph, the Secretary shall encourage,

15 but may not require, the use of interdisciplinary

16 training project applications.

17 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—To be eligible to receive

18 training using assistance provided under paragraph

19 (1), a health care practitioner must be determined

20 by the eligible applicant involved to be practicing, or

21 desiring to practice, in a rural area.

22 ‘‘(3) USE OF ASSISTANCE.—Amounts received

23 under a grant or contract under this subsection shall

24 be used—
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1 ‘‘(A) to provide student stipends to individ2 uals attending rural community colleges or

3 other institutions which service predominantly

4 rural communities for the purpose of receiving

5 preventive health care training;

6 ‘‘(B) to increase staff support at rural

7 community colleges or other institutions which

8 service predominantly rural communities to fa9 cilitate the provision of preventive health care

10 training;

11 ‘‘(C) to provide training in appropriate re12 search and program evaluation skills in rural

13 communities;

14 ‘‘(D) to create and implement innovative

15 programs and curricula with a specific preven16 tion component; and

17 ‘‘(E) for other purposes as the Secretary

18 determines appropriate.

19 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

21 this subsection, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal

22 years 1996 through 1998.’’; and

23 (3) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by

24 inserting ‘‘, except subsection (e),’’ after ‘‘section,’’.

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