US Congress Senate Bill 2859 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including (1) whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access, (2) whether another measure would be more accurate, and (3) potential methodologies for designating general surgery shortage areas. HRSA must publish data comparing the availability and need of general surgery services in urban, suburban, and rural areas. HRSA may establish a methodology for designating general surgery shortage areas and make such designations. HRSA must publish a list of general surgery shortage areas.

Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2019

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1841 (Related) 2019-03-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2859/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2859/BILLS-116s2859is.pdf