HR 5924
116th Congress
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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.
Introduced: February 18, 2020
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Feb 18, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 18, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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