HAHPSA 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3109
Sponsor: Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Allied health services
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act of 2009 or HAHPSA 2009 - Establishes the National Health Care Workforce Commission to: (1) review current and projected health care workforce supply and demand; and (2) make recommendations to Congress and the Administration concerning national health care workforce priorities, goals, and policies.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make matching grants to states for the operation of State Health Workforce Centers to improve the training, deployment, and retention of critical health professionals in underserved areas and for underserved populations.
 
Revises provisions related to payments for direct graduate medical education costs and for the indirect costs of medical education, including to: (1) support the implementation of community-based training and innovative training models; and (2) require the Secretary to revise policies that constrain the Secretary's ability to respond to emergency situations and situations involving institutional and program closure.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of geriatric assessments and chronic care management and coordination services.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to use excess amounts appropriated to address shortages of health professionals in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas.
 
Expands loan repayment programs and training programs for health professionals. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for Medical, Dental, Physician Assistant, Pharmacy, Behavioral and Mental Health, Public Health, and Nursing Students in the United States Public Health Sciences Track in Affiliated Schools; and (2) award grants to increase health professions training in high-needs specialties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House