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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…

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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: August 31, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 9, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 1
Schrader, Kurt
· Jan 10, 2022
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Nov 15, 2021
Mullin, Markwayne
· Oct 22, 2021
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Sep 14, 2021
Hartzler, Vicky
· Aug 31, 2021
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Aug 31, 2021
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 8, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 944: 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.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-944/
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"H.R. 944: 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.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-944/.
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H.R. 944, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-944/.
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[H.R. 944: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-944/)
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