Strengthening America’s Health Care Readiness Act
Latest action · Jun 24, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S3208-3209)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening America's Health Care Readiness Act
This bill establishes an emergency services demonstration program within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide supplemental student loan repayment to current and former recipients of National Health Services Corps (NHSC) scholarships and student loan repayment awards who agree to participate in the National Disaster Medical System. (The NHSC provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages, and the National Disaster Medical System is a partnership between HHS, the Department of Defense, and other federal departments that responds to public health and other emergencies, including by deploying medical response teams.)
The bill also increases FY2020 funding for the NHSC, as well as similar programs for nurses, with a certain amount of funding reserved for individuals who are members of groups that are historically underrepresented in health care professions. The funds for the Nurse Corps Scholarship and Repayment Program are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2020 to Dec 21, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Jun 24, 2020 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Dec 21, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 24, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S3208-3209)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Congressional oversight
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medical education
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Minority health
- Nursing
- Rural conditions and development
- Student aid and college costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2020Introduced in Senate
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