3.0.0 3634 2023-01-11T13:42:44Z 2023-01-11T13:42:44Z Senate S 2020-05-06 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-06T21:31:08Z Health Heroes 2020 Act 116 6650 HR 2020-05-01 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2020-05-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2292-2293) IntroReferral 2020-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-05-06 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-05-06 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2020-05-06 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-05-06 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-05-06 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-05-06 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-05-06 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-05-06 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-05-06 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-05-06 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-05-06 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-05-06 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-06-08 False Health Appropriations Congressional oversight Dental care Department of Health and Human Services Disaster relief and insurance Education of the disadvantaged Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical education Mental health Minority education Minority employment Nursing Rural conditions and development Student aid and college costs Health 00 2020-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-04T19:09:42Z Health Heroes 2020 Act

This bill appropriates funds for, and makes other changes to, scholarship and loan repayment programs for health care providers who agree to a period of obligated service in a health professional shortage area.

Specifically, the bill provides funds through FY2026 for the National Health Service Corps and otherwise modifies the program, including by (1) authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), subject to certain limitations, to reassign corps members to alternative sites during a declared public health emergency; and (2) establishing a demonstration project that allows corps members to fulfill their service obligations through a period of reserve status, during which HHS may deploy them to respond to a declared emergency.

The bill also provides FY2020 funds for the Nurse Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs. These funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.

]]> Health Heroes 2020 Act Display Title Health Heroes 2020 Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Health Heroes 2020 Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to address health workforce shortages and disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic through additional funding for the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3634is/xml/BILLS-116s3634is.xml 2020-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2292-2293) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.