US Congress House Bill 2037 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-1)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a five-year grant to one department of psychiatry in, or one non-profit entity affiliated with, an accredited medical school in this country to carry out a demonstration program to recruit, train, deploy, and professionally support psychiatric physicians who agree to provide primary and specialty health care services in Indian health programs for at least two years. Requires the grantee to: (1) create a nationally-replicable workforce model that identifies and incorporates best practices for carrying out such activities, and (2) provide participating psychiatric physicians with up to one year of supplemental clinical and cultural competency training that enables them to provide primary and specialty health care services in Indian health programs. Requires participating psychiatric physicians to: (1) be licensed or eligible for licensure to practice in the state to which they will be deployed; and (2) demonstrate a commitment, beyond the one year of training and two years of deployment, to a career as a specialty care or primary care physician providing mental health services in Indian health programs. Gives a preference to psychiatric physicians who are American Indians or Alaska Natives. Directs the Secretary to make a repayment, under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program, of the educational loans of participating psychiatric physicians for each year of their deployment to an Indian health program.

Native American Psychiatric and Mental Health Care Improvement Act

Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
2013-05-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-05-16	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2013-05-16	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-05-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2037/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2037/BILLS-113hr2037ih.pdf