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HR 4607 116th Congress House Education Government lending and loan guarantees Health personnel Higher education Student aid and college costs Tax-exempt organizations

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.

Introduced: October 4, 2019 Introduced by: Harder, Josh Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 4, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill defines a full-time health care practitioner for the purpose of participation in the student loan repayment plan for public service employees. Specifically, the bill establishes a definition that encompasses an individual employed as a health care practitioner at a nonprofit or public hospital or facility who is prohibited from being directly employed by such hospital or facility under state law.

What's happening now October 4, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7 Republican 1
D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Apr 21, 2020
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Apr 21, 2020
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 21, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Oct 31, 2019
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Oct 28, 2019
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Oct 4, 2019
Cook, Paul
· Oct 4, 2019
 R
Crenshaw, Dan
Texas · Oct 4, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4607: 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.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4607/
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"H.R. 4607: 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.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4607/.
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H.R. 4607, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4607/.
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[H.R. 4607: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4607/)
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