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Stopping Doctor Shortages Act
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Introduced in Senate on Feb 12, 2021
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S. 311 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 311


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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 12, 2021

Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Stopping Doctor Shortages Act”.

SEC. 2. Amendments to terms and conditions of public service loan forgiveness.

Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(C) FULL-TIME PROFESSIONALS ENGAGED IN HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER OCCUPATIONS.—The term ‘full-time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations’ includes an individual who—

“(i) has a full-time job as a health care practitioner;

“(ii) provides medical services in such full-time job at a nonprofit hospital or public hospital or other nonprofit or public health care facility; and

“(iii) is prohibited from being employed directly by such hospital or other health care facility by State law.”.