S 39
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 39
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to make
certain graduate programs in professional psychology eligible to participate
in various health professions loan programs.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011
Mr. INOUYE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to make
certain graduate programs in professional psychology eligible to participate
in various health professions loan programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Strengthen the Public Health Service Act'.
SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS HEALTH PROFESSIONS LOAN PROGRAMS.
(a) Loan Agreements- Section 721 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 292q) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting `, or any public or nonprofit
school that offers a graduate program in professional psychology'
after `veterinary medicine';
(2) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting `, or to a graduate degree
in professional psychology' after `or doctor of veterinary medicine
or an equivalent degree'; and
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting `, or schools that offer graduate
programs in professional psychology' after `veterinary medicine'.
(b) Loan Provisions- Section 722 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 292r) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting `, or to a graduate degree
in professional psychology' after `or doctor of veterinary medicine
or an equivalent degree';
(2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting
`, or at a school that offers a graduate program in professional psychology'
after `veterinary medicine'; and
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking `or podiatry'
and inserting `podiatry, or professional psychology'; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking `or podiatric medicine' and inserting
`podiatric medicine, or professional psychology'.
SEC. 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) Health Professions Data- Section 792(a) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 295k(a)) is amended by striking `clinical' and inserting
`professional'.
(b) Prohibition Against Discrimination on Basis of Sex- Section 794
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295m) is amended in the
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking `clinical' and inserting
`professional'.
(c) Definitions- Section 799B(1)(B) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 295p(1)(B)) is amended by striking `clinical' each place
the term appears and inserting `professional'.
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