To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill makes certain full-time health care practitioners eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Specifically, the bill extends program eligibility to health care practitioners who work at a nonprofit or public hospital or facility but are prohibited under state law from being directly employed by the hospital or facility.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 18, 2021
Last action Feb 18, 2021
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Committee
1
Feb 18, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 35 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Harder
DDemocratic
Co
Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Ami Bera
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Crenshaw
RRepublican
Co
Darrell Issa
RRepublican
Co
David G. Valadao
RRepublican
Co
Doug LaMalfa
RRepublican
Co
Eric Swalwell
DDemocratic
Co
Filemon Vela
DDemocratic
Co
Grace F. Napolitano
DDemocratic
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