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Senate Bill 3737
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 14, 2020
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Democrat
Introduced
May 14, 2020
Latest Action
May 14, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3737
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Tina Smith
Minnesota
Democrat
Michael Bennet
Colorado
Democrat
Cory Booker
New Jersey
Democrat
Kirsten Gillibrand
New York
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2025, and otherwise modifies, the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program (a program that awards student loan repayment to individuals with qualifying degrees who commit to work full-time for a federal, state, tribal, or local public health agency for a period of obligated service). Among other changes, the bill eliminates the option for individuals to complete the service obligation in a federal public health agency and expands the scope of qualifying degrees to include those in statistics, computer science, and programs related to information technology.

In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services may take actions to equitably distribute awards among geographic regions and jurisdictional levels and to ensure that at least 50% of individuals who receive loan repayment awards are not employed in qualifying public health agencies at the time they enter the program.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
May 14, 2020
Actions (2)
05/14/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
05/14/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:42:40 PM
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