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S 3737 116th Congress Senate

Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act

Official title: A bill to improve the public health workforce loan repayment program.

Introduced: May 14, 2020 Introduced by: Smith, Tina Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Health Computers and information technologyEducation programs fundingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment lending and loan guarantees
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Health personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHigher educationIncome tax exclusionIndian social and development programsInterest, dividends, interest ratesPublic contracts and procurementState and local government operationsStudent aid and college costs
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 Latest action May 14, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2025, and otherwise modifies, the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program (a program that awards student loan repayment to individuals with qualifying degrees who commit to work full-time for a federal, state, tribal, or local public health agency for a period of obligated service). Among other changes, the bill eliminates the option for individuals to complete the service obligation in a federal public health agency and expands the scope of qualifying degrees to include those in statistics, computer science, and programs related to information technology.

In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services may take actions to equitably distribute awards among geographic regions and jurisdictional levels and to ensure that at least 50% of individuals who receive loan repayment awards are not employed in qualifying public health agencies at the time they enter the program.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 29, 2020
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jun 24, 2020
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · May 14, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3737: Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3737/
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