Title: Safety Net Health Plan Employee Student Loan Forgiveness Fairness Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Safety Net Health Plan Employee Student Loan Forgiveness Fairness Act
This bill provides employees of safety net health plans with statutory eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; safety net health plans are generally Medicaid managed care plans sponsored by a nonprofit organization as opposed to a commercial health plan.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5372 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5372

 To clarify that employees of safety net health plans are eligible for 
  loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2019

 Mr. Smith of Washington (for himself and Ms. Schrier) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify that employees of safety net health plans are eligible for 
  loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safety Net Health Plan Employee 
Student Loan Forgiveness Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR EMPLOYEES OF SAFETY NET 
              HEALTH PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``at an organization 
        that is a safety net health plan (as such term is defined in 
        subparagraph (C)),'' after ``school-based services,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Safety net health plan.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `safety net 
                        health plan' means any entity with net premiums 
                        written for health insurance for United States 
                        health risks that is described in clause (ii) 
                        or (iii) of section 57.2(b)(2) of title 26, 
                        Code of Federal Regulations (as such section is 
                        in effect on October 1, 2019).
                            ``(ii) Other terms defined.--For the 
                        purposes of this subparagraph, the terms `net 
                        premiums written' and `United States health 
                        risks' have the meanings given such terms in 
                        section 57.2 of title 26, Code of Federal 
                        Regulations (as such section is in effect on 
                        October 1, 2019).''.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--In carrying out the Public Service 
Loan Forgiveness Program under section 455(m) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), with respect to the calculation of 
the employment period of a borrower who is or was employed by a safety 
net health plan (as defined in such section, as amended by this Act), 
and the number of qualifying monthly payments made by such borrower for 
the purposes of loan forgiveness under such section, the Secretary of 
Education shall include any such employment performed, and any such 
monthly payments made, after the date of enactment of the Higher 
Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (Public Law 100-15).
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