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Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2001 (HR 1948)
This bill was introduced in June, 2001 by US Representatives John Shimkus (R-IL) and Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL). This bill addresses the approaching serious shortage of medical laboratory personnel in the US.
This bill attempts to alleviate a shortage by expanding the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program to medical technologists and medical laboratory technicians. It increases funding for Allied Health Project Grants program, which helps attract laboratory professionals to the field, especially minorities and individuals in rural and underserved communities. The bill also highlights programs for increasing medical laboratory personnel in the areas of cervical cancer screening, antimicrobial resistance efforts, bioterriorism and transfusion medicine. The bill takes advantage of several existing programs and will help expand funding programs for training.