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119-hr-6862119th CongressWALLET

Protecting Health Care Workforce Pipelines Act

Sponsored By: Representative Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]

Introduced

Summary

Extends Federal Direct PLUS loan authority for graduate and professional students at qualifying health-focused institutions. It delays both the end date for PLUS loan eligibility and the start of new graduate loan limit rules so students in these programs keep access longer.

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  • Graduate and professional students enrolled at qualifying health institutions can continue to use Federal Direct PLUS loans through July 1, 2030 instead of July 1, 2026.
  • A "covered institution" must be a health professions school, offer a health professions program, or offer a nursing program and be within 100 miles of a designated health professional shortage area or serve a medically underserved community.
  • The bill amends Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act to substitute July 1, 2030 for July 1, 2026 when applying the authority to award PLUS loans and the related loan limit rules for these students.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More loan access for health students

If enacted, this bill would let graduate and professional students at certain health and nursing programs keep using Federal Direct PLUS loans until July 1, 2030. You would be eligible if your school is a health professions or nursing program located within 100 miles of a designated health professional shortage area or if it serves a medically underserved community. The bill would also push back the date when specified student loan limit rules take effect from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2030 for those students. The change does not change loan dollar amounts or other loan terms.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]

CA • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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