Powers, Dr. Lee, associate director, Association of American Medical Pratt, Charles Orlando, general counsel, National Health Federation. 236 349 Soderman, Dr. William, dean, School of Medicine, University of Stebbins, Dr. Ernest L., vice president, Association of Schools of Terry, Dr. Luther L., Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Depart- 37,76 345 Average annual number of pharmacists, and requirements for re- placements, and total need for pharmacists for 5-year periods, American Cancer Society, Inc., statement of Dr. Harold S. Diehl, senior vice president for research and medical affairs and deputy American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organiza- American Library Association, statement of Frederick G. Kilgour.. 155 Letter from Dr. F. J. L. Blasingame transmitting data on medical care donated by physicians of the United States.. Medical education loan guarantee program 253 Medical education loan guarantee program, progress report Geographic distribution of osteopathic students, 1962, table_____ Number of full- and part-time specialists, by type of specialty, 217 Number of physicians (M.D. and D.O.) and physician-population 216 Summary of application, admission, and enrollment data for each 218 Additional information submitted for the record by-Continued Type of practice of physicians (M.D. and D.O.), 1962, table.. Andelman, Dr. Samuel L., letter from Page 216 217 211 373 Berson, Dr. Robert C., letter from, transmitting additional statement 339 363 California Department of Public Health, letter from Dr. Malcolm H. 378 California State Board of Public Health, letter from Dr. Charles E. 379 Carr, Dr. W. Kelley, letter from, transmitting summary of recent Letter from Dr. David E. Price, Acting Surgeon General, trans- mitting information regarding distribution of physicians in the United States, with particular reference to rural counties_ Letter from Dr. Luther L. Terry, Surgeon General_ - - Illinois Department of Mental Health, telegram from Dr. Francis J. 364 International Chiropractors Association, telegram from Dr. John Q. 364 Michigan State Nurses Association, letter from Susan M. Bruno, 365 Mississippi State Medical Association, letter from Dr. C. P. Crenshaw, 374 Mullane, Mary K., letter from__. 372 National Chiropractic Association, statement of Dr. Emmett J. 366 Percent distribution of medical college graduates in private practice whose prior residence was in various size communities by size of community of practice, 1950 class, table--- Physician-population ratio in each State and type of practice of National Tuberculosis Association, letter from Dr. James E. Perkins, 384 Payne, Anthony M. M., telegram from.. 372 Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, letter from Dr. Austin 377 Student American Medical Association, letter from James A. Brooks, 362 Trussell, Dr. Ray E., telegram from... 372 U.S. Conference of City Health Officers, letter from Dr. Eugene A. 385 Washington State Nurses Association, telegram from Helen Hanson, 370 Woodhall, Dr. Barnes, letters from.. Yager, Dr. J. Allen, letter from_. 367, 368 378 Young, Dr. M. M., letter from_. 372 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 1334, New House Office Building, Hon. Oren Harris (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. Today the committee begins hearings on H.R. 12, a bill to increase It will be recalled that that program was enacted during the last Identical bills have been introduced by our colleague from Cali- fornia, a member of this committee, Mr. Moss, H.R. 2527; the gentle- I think all of us realize that the bills under consideration provide Our committee has jurisdiction over public health matters, and we are concerned in the case of this legislation with the problem of meet- ing a severe shortage of health personnel. This is, therefore, clearly a problem which the country should meet. If our Nation is to benefit fully from its medical research programs and maintain present levels of physicians and dentists in proportion to the population, action must be taken now to provide facilities for the training of such additional The President in his state of the Union message to Congress alluded to this problem in stating that over the next 10 years we must increase the capacity of our medical schools by 50 percent and our dental schools by 100 percent, if we want to keep the present ratio of doctors and 1 dentists from declining. It seems to me that we are now at the cross- Now, in these hearings we are dealing with the question of what the At this point, H.R. 12 and the other bills to be considered, which I H.R. 12, H.R. 180, H.R. 3180, H.R. 3182, and H.R. 2527, and the [H.R. 12, 88th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To increase the opportunities for training of physicians, dentists, and professional public health personnel, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Health GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MEDICAL, DENTAL, PHARMACEUTICAL, OPTOMETRIC, PODIATRIC, NURSING, OSTEOPATHIC, AND PUBLIC HEALTH TEACHING FACILITIES SEC. 2. (a) Title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. chap. 6A) is amended by inserting "AND TEACHING" after "RESEARCH" in the heading thereof, by inserting "AND TRAINING OF PROFESSIONAL HEALTH PER- SONNEL" after “FACILITIES" in such heading, and by inserting immediately below such heading "PART A-GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH RESEARCH FACILITIES", and by changing the words "this title" wherever they appear in such title to read "this part". (b) Such title is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "PART B-GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TEACHING FACILITIES FOR MEDICAL, "SEC. 720. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year in the period beginning July 1, 1963, and ending June 30, 1973 (1) not to exceed $45,000,000 for grants to assist in the construction of new teaching facilities for the training of physicians, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, nurses, or pro- fessional public health personnel, (2) not to exceed $15,000,000 for grants to assist in the construction of new teaching facilities for the training of dentists, and (3) not to exceed $15,000,000 for replacement or rehabilitation of existing teach- ing facilities for the training of physicians, pharmacists, optometrists, podia- trists, nurses, professional public health personnel, or dentists. "SEC. 721. (a) No application for a grant under this part may be approved un- less it is submitted to the Surgeon General prior to July 1, 1972. "(b) (1) To be eligible to apply for a grant to assist in the construction of any facility under this part, the applicant must be (A) a public or other nonprofit school of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, nurs- ing, or public health and (B) accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education, except that a new school |