H.R. 4959 · 114th Congress
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Larry Bucshon
- Introduced
- 2016-04-15
- Latest action
- 2016-04-22 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access or whether another measure or designation would be more appropriate.
HHS must consider potential methodologies for designating surgical health professional shortage areas.