H.R. 1707 · 114th Congress
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015
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14 cosponsors · 14 D
6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which HHS makes student loan repayments in exchange for a health professional providing frontline care services for two years in a frontline care scarcity area.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 26, 2015
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which HHS makes student loan repayments in exchange for a health professional providing frontline care services for two years in a frontline care scarcity area.
Frontline care services include surgery, optometry, physical therapy, pharmacies, public health, dietetics, occupational therapy, pediatrics, and medical technology.
Frontline care scarcity areas are federal health professional shortage areas and areas, populations, or facilities designated by a state as having a shortage of frontline care services.Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015
Latest action (Mar 27, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 26, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.