A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve health conditions in health manpower shortage areas, and for other purposes.
Rural Physician Shortage Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of health manpower, including the distribution of physicians through the United States.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to establish a pilot program to conduct National Health Service Corps recruitment seminars.
Prohibits the Secretary from requiring that areas designated as health manpower shortage areas before enactment of this Act demonstrate a need for at least one additional full-time equivalent practitioner in order to continue to be so designated.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) project Corps field strength necessary to ensure adequate physician manpower in shortage areas until the year 2019; and (2) establish a plan for maintaining such strength.
Adds physicians' assistants programs to the list of degree programs eligible for Corps scholarships and loan repayments.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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