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Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2019

Introduced: September 18, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Sep 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 18, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2019

This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a loan-repayment program for mental-health professionals who work in designated workforce-shortage areas.

What's happening now September 18, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2431 Identical bill Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Sep 10, 2020
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Oct 24, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2500: Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2500/
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"S. 2500: Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2500/.
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S. 2500, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2500/.
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