Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2021
Latest action · Nov 4, 2021 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
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.
- IntroducedMay 18, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2021
This bill establishes a student loan repayment program for public health professionals. As a condition of participation, recipients must agree to complete a period of full-time employment with a state, tribal, or local public health agency.
Individuals eligible for this program include those with public health or health professions degrees, as well as those with degrees in statistics, computer science, or related information technology fields.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 18, 2021 to Jul 11, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | May 18, 2021 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Oct 22, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Nov 3, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | May 10, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Jul 11, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2021Markup Nov 4, 2021Reported Nov 4, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 18, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2021Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 4, 2021Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- May 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 18, 2021Introduced in House
- May 18, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 86, May 18, 2021, page H2541.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-55 | CARING FOR AMERICA: LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND PROVIDERS265 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Oct 26, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 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.
