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HR 2042 115th Congress House

Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program.

Introduced: April 6, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health Education programs fundingHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHealth programs administration and funding
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Medical educationStudent aid and college costs
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Apr 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 7, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1707 Reintroduction of Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2042: Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2042/
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"H.R. 2042: Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2042/.
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H.R. 2042, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2042/.
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