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.
Latest action · Feb 18, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 18, 2021 to Mar 8, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Original | Feb 18, 2021 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Feb 18, 2021 |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Original | Feb 18, 2021 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 19, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | May 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 19, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | May 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Mar 8, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 18, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 18, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 31, February 18, 2021, page H537.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2023440 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 31, 2022–May 26, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 311 | Stopping Doctor Shortages Act | Related bill | Feb 12, 2021 |
| HR 4607 | 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. | Reintroduction of | Oct 4, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
