To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-4607
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2019-10-04
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees

Health personnel

Higher education

Student aid and college costs

Tax-exempt organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill defines a full-time health care practitioner for the purpose of participation in the student loan repayment plan for public service employees. Specifically, the bill establishes a definition that encompasses an individual employed as a health care practitioner at a nonprofit or public hospital or facility who is prohibited from being directly employed by such hospital or facility under state law.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4607 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 4, 2019 Mr. Harder of California (for himself, Mr. Cook , Mr. Castro of Texas , Mr. Crenshaw , and Ms. Bass ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.

1. Amendments to terms and conditions of public service loan forgiveness Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Full-time job as health care practitioner For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term full-time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations includes an individual who— (i) has a full-time job as a health care practitioner; (ii) provides medical services in such full-time job at a nonprofit hospital or public hospital or other nonprofit or public health care facility; and (iii) is prohibited from being employed directly by such hospital or other health care facility by State law. .