US Congress House Bill 1859 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship Program, and the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.) “Health professional shortage area” can mean an underserved population of children and adolescents.

Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015

Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-04-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-04-16	House	Introduced in House

SB2782 (Related) 2016-04-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1913)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1859/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1859/BILLS-114hr1859ih.pdf