,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fjb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ai1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,tester 7for himself and ,mr4      
,wicker7 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     
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 at the end 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