Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 26, 2015)
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015
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 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 happenedMar 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 26, 2015
- Mar 27, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 26, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 26, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House