[Congressional Bills 113th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1252 Introduced in House (IH)] 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1252 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2013 Mr. Shimkus (for himself and Ms. DeGette) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS; PARTICIPATION OF PHYSICAL THERAPISTS IN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. (a) Mission of Corps; Definition of Primary Health Services.-- Section 331(a)(3)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d(a)(3)(D)) is amended by striking ``or mental health,'' and inserting ``mental health, or physical therapy,''. (b) Loan Repayment Program.--Section 338B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``and physician assistants;'' and inserting ``physician assistants, and physical therapists;''; and (2) in subsection (b)(1)-- (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, or have a doctoral or master's degree in physical therapy''; (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``physical therapy,'' after ``mental health,''; and (C) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by inserting ``physical therapy,'' after ``dentistry,''. <all>