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S 940 118th Congress Senate Health Congressional oversight Government lending and loan guarantees Health care coverage and access Health personnel Higher education Medical education Rural conditions and development Student aid and college costs

Rural America Health Corps Act

Introduced: November 12, 2024 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Became law
Mar 22, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 22, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Rural America Health Corps Act

This bill establishes a student loan repayment demonstration program for eligible providers who agree to work for five years in a rural area with a shortage of primary, dental, or mental health care providers. For each year of this service, the Department of Health and Human Services must pay one-fifth of the principal and interest on a provider's qualifying loans. Total payments to a provider may not exceed $200,000.

What's happening now March 22, 2023

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1711 Related bill Rural America Health Corps Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Nov 12, 2024
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Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Sep 12, 2023
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 22, 2023
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 22, 2023
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Mar 22, 2023
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Mar 22, 2023
 D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 22, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 940: Rural America Health Corps Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-940/
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"S. 940: Rural America Health Corps Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-940/.
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S. 940, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-940/.
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