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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6650 
To address health workforce shortages and disparities highlighted by the 
COVID–19 pandemic through additional funding for the National Health 
Service Corps and Nurse Corps. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2020 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To address health workforce shortages and disparities high-
lighted by the COVID–19 pandemic through additional 
funding for the National Health Service Corps and Nurse 
Corps. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Heroes 2020 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP 
PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERV-
ICE CORPS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Section 10503(b) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b–2(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(H), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) to be transferred to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services— 
‘‘(A) $25,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, 
to provide additional funding to carry out sub-
section (i) of section 338A of the Public Health 
Service Act and the National Health Service 
Corps Loan Program under section 338B of 
such Act, of which— 
‘‘(i) $15,000,000,000 shall be allo-
cated to the program under section 338A; 
and 
‘‘(ii) $10,000,000,000 shall be allo-
cated to the program under such section 
338B; and 
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‘‘(B) $690,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2021 through 2026, to provide additional 
amounts to carry out the National Health Serv-
ice Corps Scholarship Program under section 
338A of the Public Health Service Act, the Na-
tional Health Service Corps Loan Repayment 
Program under section 338B of such Act, and 
the reserve service program under section 338O 
of such Act.’’. 
(b) CRITERIA FOR USE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING 
FOR IN-DEMAND PROFESSIONALS.—Section 338A of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) Not less than 40 percent of the amounts made 
available to carry out this section under 10503(b)(3)(A)(i) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall 
be allocated to scholarships under this section for eligible 
applicants who are members of groups that are historically 
underrepresented in health care professions, including ra-
cial and ethnic minorities and individuals from low-income 
urban and rural communities. To carry out the require-
ments of this subsection, the Secretary may coordinate 
with entities receiving funding under section 739 to iden-
tify, recruit, and select individuals to receive such scholar-
ships.’’. 
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