HR 2274
117th Congress
House
Education
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Minority education
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2021
Introduced: March 29, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 29, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 29, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2021
This bill assists qualified individuals in receiving the education and training needed to become a physician assistant.
Graduate students enrolled in physician assistant education programs are eligible for (1) Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans, and (2) loan forgiveness programs for those who serve in areas of national need upon graduation.
The bill also requires the Department of Education to
- provide historically Black colleges and universities and predominantly Black institutions with grants to fund physician assistant studies at the masters level,
- prioritize the awarding of grants for physician assistant education programs at the postbaccalaureate level that will benefit Hispanic and low-income students, and
- allow certain grants to be used to support student matriculation and establish physician assistant education programs at rural-serving institutions of higher education.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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