To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the…

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

JAR Ann EmersonSponsor

107 cosponsors · 62 D, 44 R, 1 I

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

Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) include physical therapy within the definition of "primary health services;" and (2) make physical therapists eligible for the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (to assure an adequate supply of physical therapists among other health professionals).