A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a State health service corps demonstration project, and for other purposes.
State Health Service Corps Demonstration Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a State Health Service Corps Demonstration Project.
Directs the Secretary to make grants under the Project to up to ten States for the Federal share of training and employment of physician and nonphysician providers serving health professional shortage areas.
Requires a recipient State to enter into an agreement with an area health education center for the planning, development, and operation of a program of training and recruiting such providers. Sets forth the responsibilities of a center.
Authorizes appropriations.
Requires each State carrying out a Project to establish a State Health Service Corps Scholarship Program involving a period of service in the service area or on the clinical staff of an area health education center or a medical school in return for a scholarship.
Authorizes the official heading the State agency administering the Program to contract with an educational institution for the payment of scholarship or loan amounts.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
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