H.R. 2410 · 99th Congress · enacted
Health Professions Training Assistance Act of 1985
Became Public Law No: 99-129.
Latest official action 1985-10-22 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Health Professions Educational Assistance Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 1988 for the following: (1) the Federal health education loan insurance program; (2) health professions student loans; (3) scholarships for students of exceptional financial need; (4) medical school departments of family medicine; (5) area health education centers; (6) training of physician assistants; (7) training programs in general internal medicine and general pediatrics; (8) training programs in family medicine and the general practice of dentistry; (9) educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; (10) conversion and curriculum grants; (11) graduate programs in health administration; (12) traineeships for students in specified graduate programs; (13) public health traineeships; and (14) grants for training in preventive medicine. Extends the authorization of appropriations through FY 1987 for assistance to schools of medicine and other health related professions in serious financial distress. Includes schools of chiropractic as health profession schools eligible to participate in educational assistance programs for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Amends the definition of physician assistants to require an individual trained as such to be qualified to provide primary health care und…
Congressional Research Service · 1985-05-07
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