US Congress House Bill 5458 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on September 11 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to enable states to implement scholarship programs to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to assist medical schools in developing and strengthening primary care mentorship programs and cultivating leaders in primary care among its students. Requires the Secretary to award grants to medical and other health professions schools to promote priority competencies that are selected annually by the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care and Dentistry in order to foster curricular innovations to improve the education and training of health care providers. Directs the Institute of Medicine to study the documentation requirements for cognitive services (evaluation and management services) required under Medicare and Medicaid and through private health insurers.

Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act

Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]

Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]

Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-09-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB1152 (Related) 2013-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5458/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5458/BILLS-113hr5458ih.pdf