119th Congress Health
S. 1380: 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 specialty medicine physicians (i.e., practicing in an area other than primary care) 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
- Roger Wicker R-MSOriginal
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Who scored on this bill
- 1Jacky Rosen SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Jacky Rosen.
Show the full action history (3 actions)
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.