Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R ShimkusSponsor

37 cosponsors · 27 D, 10 R

2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 5, 2003

Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), through scholarships and loans for health professional training that may be modeled after the National Health Service Corps' scholarship and loan repayment programs, to alleviate the shortage of medical laboratory personnel where needed. Allows schools of allied health, as well as health care institution-based programs training medical laboratory personnel, to receive such awards.

Requires the Secretary to give preference, in making awards of grants and contracts to increase the number of individuals trained in allied health professions, to entities with programs training medical laboratory personnel. Directs the Secretary to develop and issue public service announcements advertising medical laboratory personnel careers and encouraging individuals to enter the medical laboratory field.

Directs the Secretary to make grants for training to increase the number of cytotechnologists available for screening women for cervical cancer.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003

Latest action (Apr 21, 2004): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2230)

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 5, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.