H.R. 944 · 117th Congress
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- David McKinley
- Introduced
- 2021-02-08
- Latest action
- 2021-02-09 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
This bill directs the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to carry out a loan repayment 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.