H.R. 2761 118th Congress House

SPARC Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experienc… Show full official titleShow less

Introduced: April 20, 2023 Introduced by: John Joyce Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov

Health Government lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHigher educationRural conditions and developmentStudent aid and college costs

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Apr 20, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Apr 20, 2023

Introduced in House

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Latest action April 20, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act or the SPARC Act

This bill establishes student loan repayment programs to support the provision of specialty medical care in rural areas.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must carry out such a 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. Additionally, HRSA may carry out a similar loan repayment program for nonphysician specialty health care providers.

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Energy and Commerce Committee
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