Bill117th CongressFiled Feb 8, 2021Health
H.R. 944
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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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 8, 2021)
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.
What just happenedFeb 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1](R-WV)Sponsor
7 cosponsors4 D3 R
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- Introduced in HouseFeb 8, 2021
- Feb 9, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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