US Congress House Bill 6400 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on September 13 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Restoring the Doctors of Our Country through Scholarships Act of 2012 or the RDOCS Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants under which states provide RDOCS scholarships, paying all costs of a student's undergraduate medical education, to provide for the increased availability of primary health care services in health professional shortage areas. Requires the scholarship recipient to agree to residency training in a primary care specialty and a five-year post-graduate period of service in a health professional shortage area. Requires that preference be given in award of scholarships to applicants enrolled in: (1) an accelerated track family-medicine program (an integrated course of study allowing completion of undergraduate medical education and graduate medical education in six years), or (2) a program that includes clinical training in rural or underserved urban communities. Sets a minimum rate at which federal funding must be matched.

RDOCS Act of 2012

Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]

Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]

Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-09-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2012-09-13	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1524)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6400/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6400/BILLS-112hr6400ih.pdf