118th Congress Health
H.R. 2761: SPARC Act
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Summary
This bill establishes student loan repayment programs to support the provision of specialty medical care in rural areas.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must carry out such a program for certain specialty medicine physicians who provide care in rural communities with shortages of such physicians. Physicians must agree to a period of obligated service and, for each year of such service, HRSA must pay one-sixth of the principal payment and interest on eligible loans up to a maximum cap of $250,000. Additionally, HRSA may carry out a similar loan repayment program for nonphysician specialty health care providers.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Deborah Ross D-NCOriginal
- Susie Lee D-NV
- Lance Gooden R-TX
- Rashida Tlaib D-MI
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
- Mike Rogers R-AL
- Donald Davis D-NC
- Don Bacon R-NE
- Yadira Caraveo D-CO
- Melanie Stansbury D-NM
- Chris Pappas D-NH
Who scored on this bill
- 1John Joyce SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by John Joyce.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.