Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 6, 2017)
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which HHS makes student loan repayments in exchange for a health professional providing frontline care services for two years in a frontline care scarcity area.
Frontline care services include services in the fields of surgery, optometry, physical therapy, pharmacies, public health, dietetics, occupational therapy, pediatrics, and medical technology.
Frontline care scarcity areas are federal health professional shortage areas and areas, populations, or facilities designated by a state as having a shortage of frontline care services.What just happenedApr 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 6, 2017
- Apr 7, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 6, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 6, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 6, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House