Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
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Rural America Health Corps Act This bill establishes a student loan repayment demonstration program for eligible providers who agree to work for five years in a rural area with a shortage of primary, dental, or mental health care providers. For each year of this service, the Department of Health and Human Services must pay one-fifth of the principal and interest on a provider's qualifying loans, up to a maximum of $200,000.
Congressional oversightGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHigher educationMedical educationRural conditions and developmentStudent aid and college costs
Rural America Health Corps Act
USA117th CongressHR-2130| House
| Updated: 3/24/2021
Rural America Health Corps Act This bill establishes a student loan repayment demonstration program for eligible providers who agree to work for five years in a rural area with a shortage of primary, dental, or mental health care providers. For each year of this service, the Department of Health and Human Services must pay one-fifth of the principal and interest on a provider's qualifying loans, up to a maximum of $200,000.
Congressional oversightGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHigher educationMedical educationRural conditions and developmentStudent aid and college costs