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H.R. 623: Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003

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H.R. 623: Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003

108th Congress · introduced 2003-02-05 · Health · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2230)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-02-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2230) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003

Plain summary

Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), through scholarships and loans for health professional training that may be modeled after the National Health Service Corps' scholarship and loan repayment programs, to alleviate the shortage of medical laboratory personnel where needed. Allows schools of allied health, as well as health care institution-based programs training medical laboratory personnel, to receive such awards. Requires the Secretary to give preference, in making awards of grants and contracts to increase the number of individuals trained in allied health professions, to entities with programs training medical laboratory personnel. Directs the Secretary to develop and issue public service announcements advertising medical laboratory personnel careers and encouraging individuals to enter the medical laboratory field. Directs the Secretary to make grants for training to increase the number of cytotechnologists available for screening women for cervical cancer.

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Official text

Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] · 37 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Ed Case (D-HI), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr623 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108