,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #a1    
#bjac ,mr4 ,pryor introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to provide for the        
participation of optometrists in the    
,national ,health ,service ,corps       
scholarship and loan repayment programs1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,national ,health ,service ,corps       
,improvement ,act of #bjac4  #b4        
,participation of optometrists in       
,national ,health ,service ,corps  7#a7 
,primary health care services ,section  
#cca of the ,public ,health ,service    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bed;d7 is amended--
  7,a7 in subsection 7a77#c77;,d71 by   
striking or mental health1 and inserting
 optometry1 or mental health12 and  7,b7
 in subsection 7b77#b71 by striking and 

physician assistants and inserting      
optometrists1 and physician assistants4 
7#b7 ,scholarship program ,section      
#cch;,a of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bedl7 is amended-- 
7,a7 in subsection 7a77#a71 by striking 
and physician assistants and inserting  
optometrists1 and physician assistants2 
and  7,b7 in subsection 7b77#a71 by     
striking or other health profession and 
inserting optometry1 or other health    
profession4  7#c7 ,loan repayment       
program  7,a7 ,participation ,section   
#cch;,b of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bedl-#a7 is        
amended--  7i7 in subsection 7a77#a71 by
 striking and physician assistants and  
inserting optometrists1 and physician   
assistants2  7ii7 in subsection         
7b77#a77;,a71 by striking or another    
health profession and inserting         
optometry1 or another health profession2
 and  7iii7 in subsections 7b77#a77;,b7 
and 7b77#a77;,c77ii71 by striking the   
term or other health profession each    

place such term appears and inserting   
optometry1 or other health profession4  
7,b7 ,period of obligated service       
,clauses 7ii7 and 7iii7 of section      
#cch;,c7b77#e77;,c7 of the ,public      
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bedm7b77#e77;,c77 are amended by       
striking the term or other health       
profession each place such term appears 
and inserting optometry1 or other health
 profession4