,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddbj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bh1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,heinrich 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,rounds7 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 to amend title
 ,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act  
to expand ,medicare ,rural ,health      
,clinic ,services and ,federally        
,qualified ,health ,center ,services to 
include physical therapy services1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,physical
 ,therapist ,workforce and ,patient     
,access ,act of #bjbf4  #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 ,physical therapy health 
professional target areas ,section #ccb 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bed;e7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7l7   
7#a7 ,the ,secretary1 acting through the
 ,administrator of the ,health          
,resources and ,services                
,administration1 shall identify1 based  
on the data collected under paragraph   
7#c71 physical therapy health           
professional target areas that satisfy  
the criteria described in paragraph 7#b7
 for purposes of1 in connection with    
receipt of assistance under this title1 
assigning to such identified areas      
physical therapy health professionals   
who1 without application of this        
subsection1 would otherwise be eligible 

for such assistance4 ,the ,secretary    
shall distribute physical therapy health
 professionals within health            
professional shortage areas using the   
physical therapy health professional    
target areas so identified4  7#b7 ,for  
purposes of paragraph 7#a71 the         
,secretary shall establish criteria for 
physical therapy health professional    
target areas that identify geographic   
areas within health professional        
shortage areas that have a shortage of  
physical therapy health professionals4  
7#c7 ,for purposes of this subsection1  
the ,secretary shall collect and publish
 in the ,federal ,register data         
comparing the availability and need of  
physical therapy health services in     
health professional shortage areas and  
in areas within such health professional
 shortage areas4  7#d7 ,in carrying out 
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall    
seek input from relevant provider       
organizations1 including medical        
societies1 organizations representing   

medical facilities1 and other           
organizations with expertise in physical
 therapy health services4  7#e7 ,nothing
 in this subsection shall be construed  
as-- 7,a7 requiring the identification  
of a physical therapy health            
professional target area in an area not 
otherwise already designated as a health
 professional shortage area2 or  7,b7   
affecting the types of health           
professionals1 without application of   
this subsection1 otherwise eligible for 
assistance1 including a loan repayment  
or scholarship1 pursuant to the         
application of this section4  4  7c7    
,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 inserting
 physical therapists1 after dentists12  
and  7#b7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in   
paragraph 7#a71 by striking 1 or be     
certified as a nurse midwife1 nurse     
practitioner1 or physician assistant and
 inserting 2 be certified as a nurse    

midwife1 nurse practitioner1 or         
physician assistant2 or have a doctoral 
or master's degree in physical therapy2 
7,b7 in paragraph 7#a77;,b71 by         
inserting physical therapy1 after mental
 health12 and  7,c7 in paragraph        
7#a77;,c77ii71 by inserting physical    
therapy1 after dentistry14  #c4         
,additional funding for participation of
 physical therapists in the ,national   
,health ,service ,corps ,loan ,repayment
 ,program ,section #ajejc7;b77#b77,l7 of
 the ,patient ,protection and           
,affordable ,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#bed;b-#b7;b77#b77,l77 is amended by    
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 1 and an additional      
#ae1jjj1jjj for such period for loan    
repayments for physical therapists      
participating in the ,national ,health  
,service ,corps ,loan ,repayment        
,program under section #cch;,b of the   
,public ,health ,service ,act4  #d4     
,expanding ,medicare ,rural ,health     
,clinic ,services and ,federally        

,qualified ,health ,center ,services to 
include physical therapy services  7a7  
,in general ,section #ahfa7;aa7 of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciex7aa77 is amended-- 7#a7 in        
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph   
7,c71 by striking at the end and2  7,b7 
in subparagraph 7,d71 by adding and at  
the end2 and  7,c7 by inserting after   
subparagraph 7,d7 the following new     
subparagraph3  7,e7 such physical       
therapy services 7as defined in         
subsection 7p77 furnished by a physical 
therapist1  2 and  7#b7 in paragraph    
7#c77;,a71 by striking subparagraphs    
7,a7 through 7,d7 and inserting         
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,e74  7b7   
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to services furnished on or after       
,january #a1 #bjbg4