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116-hr-5924116th Congress

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.

Sponsored By: Representative McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]

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Summary

This bill directs the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to carry out a loan repayment 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.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]

WV • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 2/18/2020

  • Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 9/4/2020

  • Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 9/8/2020

  • Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 12/2/2020

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