Sec. 3. Investment in tomorrow’s pediatric health care workforce
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Section 775 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 295f ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking be employed full-time and inserting perform full-time service ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking in an area with a shortage of the specified pediatric subspecialty that has a sufficient pediatric population to support such pediatric subspecialty, as determined by the Secretary and inserting to underserved children or in an area with a shortage of the specified pediatric subspecialty ; and in paragraph (2)(B)— by striking employment and inserting service ; and by striking an area or and inserting a ; in subsection (c)— by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through the paragraph designation and heading in paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: In this section: ; in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting under this section after contracts ; and in clause (ii), by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting clause
(i); and in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting under this section after contracts ; and in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking this subsection with an eligible individual and inserting this section with a qualified health professional ; in subparagraph (A)— by striking individual and inserting qualified health professional ; and by striking medically underserved population and inserting medically underserved pediatric population (including children enrolled in the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act) ; and in each of subparagraphs
(B)and (C), by striking individual and inserting qualified health professional ; by redesignating subsection
(e)(as amended by section 2(10)) as subsection (f); and by inserting after subsection
(d)the following: With respect to qualified health professionals described in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and
(B)of subsection (c)(1) who enter into contracts under this section, the Secretary shall establish requirements for full-time service that are consistent with the practice standards, including research and teaching obligations, of the applicable pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent mental and behavioral health care field in which such qualified health professional practices. With respect to qualified health professionals described in subsection (c)(1)(A)(i), the Secretary shall establish requirements for full-time service that are consistent with the requirements of the accrediting body for the applicable residency or fellowship for full-time service. .
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Sec. 3
Investment in tomorrow’s pediatric health care workforce
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