,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ai1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,shimkus 7for himself and ,ms4     
,de,gette7 introduced the following     
bill2 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 ,program1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,physical ,therapist
 ,workforce and ,patient ,access ,act of
 #bjac4  #b4 ,national ,health ,service 
,corps2 participation of physical       
therapists in loan repayment program    
7a7 ,mission of corps2 definition of    
primary health services ,section        
#cca7;a77#c77;,d7 of the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#bed;d7a77#c77;,d77 is amended by       
striking or mental health1 and inserting
 mental health1 or physical therapy14   

7b7 ,loan repayment program ,section    
#cch;,b of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bedl-#a7 is        
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a77#a71  
by striking and physician assistants2   
and inserting physician assistants1 and 
physical therapists22 and  7#b7 in      
subsection 7b77#a7--  7,a7 in           
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting before  
the semicolon the following3 1 or have a
 doctoral or master's degree in physical
 therapy2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by
 inserting physical therapy1 after      
mental health12 and  7,c7 in            
subparagraph 7,c77ii71 by inserting     
physical therapy1 after dentistry14