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Senate Bill 3506
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 13, 2022
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Democrat
Introduced
Jan 13, 2022
Latest Action
Jan 13, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
3506
Congress
117
Policy Area
Health
Health
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Tina Smith
Minnesota
Republican
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
Republican
Susan Collins
Maine
Democrat
Cory Booker
New Jersey
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and makes changes to the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program (a program that awards student loan repayment to individuals with qualifying degrees who commit to work full-time for a federal, state, tribal, or local public health agency for a period of obligated service).

Changes to the program include increasing the maximum repayment amount; eliminating the option for individuals to complete the service obligation in a federal public health agency; and expanding the scope of qualifying degrees to cover, for example, those in statistics, computer science, and programs related to information technology.

In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services may take actions to equitably distribute awards across geographic regions, among jurisdictional levels, and between urban and rural areas.

The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct an evaluation of the public health workforce.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
January 13, 2022
Related Bills (1)
Mar 10, 2022
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 3799
PREVENT Pandemics Act
Introduced
Type
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Actions (2)
01/13/2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
01/13/2022
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 30, 2022 4:04:47 AM
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