US Congress House Bill 1884 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 96-43)
Status: Introduced on April 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps to include optometry health services. Includes optometrists within: (1) the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas; (2) the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program; and (3) the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2009

Rep. John Adler [D-NJ]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Melissa Bean [D-IL]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. John Boccieri [D-OH]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]	Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]	Rep. Bart Gordon [D-TN]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Deborah Halvorson [D-IL]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]	Rep. Jerry Lewis [R-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. John McHugh [R-NY]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]	Rep. Harry Mitchell [D-AZ]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Scott Murphy [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D-ND]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Schauer [D-MI]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Charles Wilson [D-OH]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]
Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-21		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-04-02		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1884/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1884/BILLS-111hr1884ih.pdf