text: SEC. 942. CERTAIN HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS REGARDING PRACTICE OF 
                PHARMACY.
  
      Part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
  294n et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following subpart:
  
                 ``Subpart 3--Pharmacist Workforce Programs
  
  ``SEC. 771. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
  
      ``(a) Public Service Announcements.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall develop and issue 
          public service announcements that advertise and promote the 
          pharmacist profession, highlight the advantages and rewards of 
          being a pharmacist, and encourage individuals to enter the 
          pharmacist profession.
              ``(2) Method.--The public service announcements described 
          in subsection (a) shall be broadcast through appropriate media 
          outlets, including television or radio, in a manner intended to 
          reach as wide and diverse an audience as possible.
      ``(b) State and Local Public Service Announcements.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
          entities to support State and local advertising campaigns 
          through appropriate media outlets to promote the pharmacist 
          profession, highlight the advantages and rewards of being a 
          pharmacist, and encourage individuals from disadvantaged 
          backgrounds to enter the pharmacist profession.
              ``(2) Use of funds.--An entity that receives a grant under 
          subsection (a) shall use funds received through such grant to 
          acquire local television and radio time, place advertisements 
          in local newspapers, and post information on billboards or on 
          the Internet, in order to--
                      ``(A) advertise and promote the pharmacist 
                  profession;
                      ``(B) promote pharmacist education programs;
                      ``(C) inform the public of public assistance 
                  regarding such education programs;
                      ``(D) highlight individuals in the community that 
                  are presently practicing as pharmacists to recruit new 
                  pharmacists; and
                      ``(E) provide any other information to recruit 
                  individuals for the pharmacist profession.
              ``(3) Method.--The campaigns described in subsection (a) 
          shall be broadcast on television or radio, placed in newspapers 
          as advertisements, or posted on billboards or the Internet, in 
          a manner intended to reach as wide and diverse an audience as 
          possible.
  
  ``SEC. 772. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
  
      ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a demonstration 
  project to enhance the participation of individuals who are pharmacists 
  in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program described 
  in section 338B.
      ``(b) Services.--Services that may be provided by pharmacists 
  pursuant to the demonstration project established under this section 
  include medication therapy management services to assure that 
  medications are used appropriately by patients, to enhance patients' 
  understanding of the appropriate use of medications, to increase 
  patients' adherence to prescription medication regimens, to reduce the 
  risk of adverse events associated with medications, and to reduce the 
  need for other costly medical services through better management of 
  medication therapy. Such services may include case management, disease 
  management, drug therapy management, patient training and education, 
  counseling, drug therapy problem resolution, medication administration, 
  the provision of special packaging, or other services that enhance the 
  use of prescription medications.
      ``(c) Procedure.--The Secretary may not provide assistance to an 
  individual under this section unless the individual agrees to comply 
  with all requirements described in sections 338B and 338D.
      ``(d) Limitations.--The demonstration project described in this 
  section shall provide for the participation of--
              ``(1) individuals to provide services in rural and urban 
          areas; and
              ``(2) enough individuals to allow the Secretary to properly 
          analyze the effectiveness of such project.
      ``(e) Designations.--The demonstration project described in this 
  section, and any pharmacists who are selected to participate in such 
  project, shall not be considered by the Secretary in the designation of 
  a health professional shortage area under section 332 during fiscal 
  years 2003 through 2005.
      ``(f) Rule of Construction.--This section shall not be construed to 
  require any State to participate in the project described in this 
  section.
      ``(g) Report.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit a report on 
  the project to--
                      ``(A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
                  and Pensions of the Senate;
                      ``(B) the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
                  Services, and Education of the Committee on 
                  Appropriations of the Senate;
                      ``(C) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                  House of Representatives; and
                      ``(D) the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
                  Services, and Education of the Committee on 
                  Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
  
  ``SEC. 773. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
  
      ``(a) Grants and Contracts.--The Secretary may make awards of 
  grants or contracts to qualifying schools of pharmacy for the purpose 
  of assisting such schools in acquiring and installing computer-based 
  systems to provide pharmaceutical education. Education provided through 
  such systems may be graduate education, professional education, or 
  continuing education. The computer-based systems may be designed to 
  provide on-site education, or education at remote sites (commonly 
  referred to as distance learning), or both.
      ``(b) Qualifying School of Pharmacy.--For purposes of this section, 
  the term `qualifying school of pharmacy' means a school of pharmacy (as 
  defined in section 799B) that requires students to serve in a clinical 
  rotation in which pharmacist services are part of the curriculum.
  
  ``SEC. 774. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      ``For the purpose of carrying out this subpart, there are 
  authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
  the fiscal years 2003 through 2006.''.
target: Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promote the pharmacist profession through public health service announcements, including grants for State and local advertising campaigns.Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project to enhance the participation of pharmacists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program through the provision of medication therapy management services. Requires participants to follow Program requirements but excludes them from consideration when health professional shortage areas are designated.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or contracts to qualifying schools of pharmacy (those requiring a pharmacy services clinical rotation) for computer-based systems for pharmaceutical education.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2006.
feat_title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish health professions programs regarding practice of pharmacy.