S 3634 116th Congress Senate Health Appropriations Congressional oversight Dental care Department of Health and Human Services Disaster relief and insurance Education of the disadvantaged Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical education Mental health Minority education Minority employment Nursing Rural conditions and development Student aid and college costs

Health Heroes 2020 Act

Introduced: May 6, 2020 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2292-2293)

May 6, 2020

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Health Heroes 2020 Act

This bill appropriates funds for, and makes other changes to, scholarship and loan repayment programs for health care providers who agree to a period of obligated service in a health professional shortage area.

Specifically, the bill provides funds through FY2026 for the National Health Service Corps and otherwise modifies the program, including by (1) authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), subject to certain limitations, to reassign corps members to alternative sites during a declared public health emergency; and (2) establishing a demonstration project that allows corps members to fulfill their service obligations through a period of reserve status, during which HHS may deploy them to respond to a declared emergency.

The bill also provides FY2020 funds for the Nurse Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs. These funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.

What's happening now May 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2292-2293)

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