HR 1707
114th Congress
House
Health
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015
Introduced: March 26, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 26, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 26, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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