# 115-hr-3767: Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017 115-hr-3767, Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] (R-MO); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3767 - As of: 2025-11-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 115-hr-3767 - Congress: 115 - Title: Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017 - Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. - Introduced: 2017-09-13 - Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] (R-MO) - Cosponsors: 47 - Policy area: Health - Touches household money: no - Last recorded action: 2025-11-18 ## Summary Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship Program, and the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.) “Health professional shortage area” can mean an underserved population of children and adolescents. ## Cosponsors (47) - Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] (R-CA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carson, AndrĂ© [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA), 2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] (R-KS), 2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2017-10-04T00:00:00.000Z - PETER KING (R-NY), 2017-10-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] (R-OH), 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2017-11-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] (R-CO), 2017-11-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2017-12-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19] (R-NY), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2017-12-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2018-02-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] (R-OH), 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2018-03-20T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2018-04-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2018-04-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2018-04-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2018-04-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2018-04-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2018-04-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2018-04-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] (D-MN), 2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2018-11-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2018-12-11T00:00:00.000Z ## Related bills - 115-hr-2519: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - 115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act - 115-hr-1676: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act - 115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act - 115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic) - 115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act ## Sources - [115-hr-3767 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3767) ## Related - [115-hr-2519: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2519) - [115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4256) - [115-hr-1676: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1676) - [115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4107) - [115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2740) - [115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1235) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3767 (as of 2025-11-18).