Stopping Doctor Shortages Act

Bill: 117-s-311
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-02-12
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees

Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel

Higher education

Hospital care

Medical education

Student aid and college costs

Tax-exempt organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S708)

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Stopping Doctor Shortages Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes certain full-time health care practitioners eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Specifically, the bill extends program eligibility to health care practitioners who work at a nonprofit or public hospital or facility but are prohibited under state law from being directly employed by the hospital or facility.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 311 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2021 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Cornyn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Doctor Shortages Act . 2. 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 professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations 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. .