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Download full textHeisler, Elayne J.; Hegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2021
The Public Health Service Act (PHSA, 42 U.S.C. ยงยง201 et. seq.) authorizes five student loan programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): (1) Health Professions Student Loans; (2) Loans for Disadvantaged Students; (3) Primary Care Loans; (4) Nursing…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Low Income Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1995
This report provides information on the proposed Health Professions Education Consolidation and Reauthorization Act of 1995, which is designed to reauthorize and consolidate 44 different federal health professions training programs currently authorized under Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act. It also reauthorizes a variety of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Cost Estimates, Educational Attitudes, Educational Legislation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
This testimony focuses on the reauthorization of the health professions education programs authorized under titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act. It argues that the effectiveness of these programs--which are designed to increase the number of health professionals, improve their distribution in locations that have a shortage of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Allied Health Occupations Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower. – 1978
Provisions of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (PL 94-484), which amends Title VII of the Public Health Service Act and other laws, are explained. Most existing authorities are extended without change through FY77. Most new authorities go into effect in FY78 for a three year period. The provisions explained cover the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Construction Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1998
This document presents the full text of Public Law 105-392, the Health Professions Partnerships Act of 1998, a law which amends the Public Health Service Act to consolidate and reauthorize health professions and minority and disadvantaged health education programs. Title I concerns health professions education and financial assistance programs.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
A lack of diversity among health care professionals is placing the health of at least one-third of the nation at risk. This fact was among findings announced recently by the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce in its report, "Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions." The 16-member commission calls…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Student Diversity, Minority Groups, Health Occupations
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1975
The bill is designed to amend the Public Health Service Act in order to revise and extend the programs of assistance under Title VII for training in the health and allied health professions, and to revise the National Health Service Corps scholarship training program. The bill details the exact additions and deletions to be made in the original…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
This document, submitted by Senator Kennedy, is the official Senate report on the authorization of the Health Professions Training and Nurse Education Improvement Act of 1991 (the reauthorization of the original Public Health Service Act)--legislation that provides for programs that support the training and education of professional health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1979
Hearings on the Nurse Training Act Amendments of 1979 are presented. Texts are given of House Resolutions 1143, 1337, 1651, 1820, and 2489 to amend Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend for two fiscal years the program of assistance for nurse training. Statements, testimonies, and letters from witnesses are provided. Among the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
This is a report of hearings held in Washington, D.C., on March 10 and 12, 1980, on the Health Professions Education and Distribution Act of 1980--three bills amending Public Health Service Act, Titles VII and VIII, and the national health Service Corps Program. S. 2375 would extend assistance programs for training health professionals and the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Fellowships
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
This study sought to determine if changes in the supply, distribution, and minority representation of health professionals over the past decade have been effective in creating greater access to health care in rural and underserved areas, and if these changes were attributable to programs established under Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Allied Health Occupations Education, Federal Programs, Government Role
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1991
The Subcommittee on Health and the Environment met to receive testimony on federal health professions programs authorized by Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act. These programs are slated for repeal by the Bush Administration in 1992. In particular the subcommittee heard testimony on the subject of critical shortages in training…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1984
This congressional report contains the majority views as well as minority and additional views of members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce pertaining to the Health Professions and Services Amendments of 1984. (These are intended to amend Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend the programs of assistance for the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services, Cost Estimates, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
Information about state support for health professions education and for students attending health professions schools is presented, based on a request by the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research. The Subcommittee will be considering legislation, during the 96th Congress, to extend and modify Titles VII and VIII of the Public…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Dentistry, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
