# 119-hr-593: Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act

119-hr-593, Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-593
- Congress: 119
- Title: Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Excluding certain health-professions loan repayments and scholarships from taxable income** would make federal and many state programs tax-free for eligible clinicians who serve underserved or shortage areas. The bill also adds several named scholarship programs to the list of education awards that qualify for this exclusion.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Lower taxes for health loan repayment: benefit, high. If enacted, you could exclude loan repayment or loan forgiveness payments you receive under certain federal Public Health Service Act programs and qualifying State programs from your taxable income. This would apply for taxable years beginning after the date of enactment. Recipients would likely pa…
- Tax-free health profession scholarships: benefit, medium. If enacted, you could exclude scholarship payments from three named health scholarship programs from your taxable income. The programs are the scholarships under sections 846 and 338K of the Public Health Service Act, and the scholarship under section 10 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improveme…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-593 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/593)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-593 (as of 2026-04-21).