HR 5924 · 116th Congress · Health
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.(2020-02-18)
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This bill directs the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to carry out a loan repayment program for certain specialty medicine physicians who provide care in rural communities with shortages of such physicians. Physicians must agree to a period of obligated service and, for each year of such service, HRSA must pay one-sixth of the principal payment and interest on eligible loans up to a maximum cap of $250,000.…
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Cosponsors (4)
3 Democrats1 Republican