This bill aims to alleviate the financial burden on health professionals by excluding certain education-related payments from their gross income. It amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that individuals receiving support for their health professions education do not incur a tax liability on those amounts. Specifically, the legislation exempts payments from various Public Health Service Act loan repayment programs and scholarship programs , including those under sections 338B(g), 846(a), 738(a), 775, and 781. It also extends this exclusion to payments from state loan repayment or forgiveness programs that are designed to enhance healthcare services in underserved or health professional shortage areas. These changes will apply to amounts received in taxable years beginning after the bill's enactment.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act
USA119th CongressHR-593| House
| Updated: 1/21/2025
This bill aims to alleviate the financial burden on health professionals by excluding certain education-related payments from their gross income. It amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that individuals receiving support for their health professions education do not incur a tax liability on those amounts. Specifically, the legislation exempts payments from various Public Health Service Act loan repayment programs and scholarship programs , including those under sections 338B(g), 846(a), 738(a), 775, and 781. It also extends this exclusion to payments from state loan repayment or forgiveness programs that are designed to enhance healthcare services in underserved or health professional shortage areas. These changes will apply to amounts received in taxable years beginning after the bill's enactment.