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S. 705 118th Congress Senate

SPARC Act

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

Official title: A bill 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: March 8, 2023 Introduced by: Jacky Rosen Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
Health Government lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHigher educationRural conditions and developmentStudent aid and college costs
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 8, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 8, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 8, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 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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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 8, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 705: SPARC Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-705/
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"S. 705: SPARC Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-705/.
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S. 705, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-705/.
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