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House Bill 4607
116th Congress(2019-2020)
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.
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Introduced in House on Oct 4, 2019
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H. R. 4607 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4607


To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 4, 2019

Mr. Harder of California (for himself, Mr. Cook, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Crenshaw, and Ms. Bass) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Amendments to terms and conditions of public service loan forgiveness.

Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(C) FULL-TIME JOB AS HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER.—For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term ‘full-time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations’ includes an individual who—

“(i) has a full-time job as a health care practitioner;

“(ii) provides medical services in such full-time job at a nonprofit hospital or public hospital or other nonprofit or public health care facility; and

“(iii) is prohibited from being employed directly by such hospital or other health care facility by State law.”.