Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 5/5/2023
Actions
- 2023-05-05Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-05-02Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2023-05-02Introduced in House
- 2023-05-02Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-02 (00)
Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2023
This bill provides statutory authority for the Medical Student Education Program, which provides matching grants for educating and training medical students and encouraging them to serve as primary care physicians in tribal, rural, or medically underserved communities.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must award the grants to public institutions of higher education located in states that rank in the top quintile of states based on their projected shortage of primary care physicians. In awarding the grants, HRSA must give priority to recipients that (1) are located in states with two or more federally recognized Indian tribes, and (2) have established or plan to establish a public-private partnership to support the implementation of the grant.
Cosponsors (8)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- FRANK LUCAS (R-OK)
- Mark Amodei (R-NV)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Stephanie Bice (R-OK)
- John Rutherford (R-FL)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
Subjects
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Education programs funding
- Health care coverage and access
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Indian social and development programs
- Medical education
- Mental health
- Public-private cooperation
- Rural conditions and development
- Student aid and college costs
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