H.R.2583: To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs.

To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. 9/23/2008--Passed House amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a hospital residency loan program that provides loans to eligible public or nonprofit hospitals to establish a residency training program. Requires that such program be an allopathic or osteopathic physician residency training program in the fields of family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics or gynecology, behavioral or mental health, or pediatrics. Requires the Administrator to give preference to hospitals in a rural area.Sets forth terms for repayment of loans under this Act. Prohibits the Administrator [...]

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