H.R. 6351: 21st Century Rural Health Care Act
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H.R. 6351: 21st Century Rural Health Care Act
110th Congress · introduced 2008-06-23 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-06-23 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
21st Century Rural Health Care Act
Plain summary
21st Century Rural Health Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for the National Health Service Corps for FY2009-FY2013. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to define "accredited training program with an integrated rural track" to mean an accredited medical residency training program that is located in an urban area which offers a curriculum for family practice for all residents in the program and that meets certain requirements, including: (1) four month-long rotations in rural public health and community health settings; and (2) specified minimum training in obstetrics, pediatrics, and emergency medicine.
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Official text
21st Century Rural Health Care Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6351.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>
Record fed-us-cong110-hr6351 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110