# 119-hr-6862: Protecting Health Care Workforce Pipelines Act

119-hr-6862, Protecting Health Care Workforce Pipelines Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6862
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Health Care Workforce Pipelines Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More loan access for health students: benefit, medium. 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 professi…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-1923: Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6862 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6862)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-1923: Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1923)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6862 (as of 2026-04-21).