3.0.0 3244 2022-12-30T02:34:26Z 2023-01-02T06:33:29Z Senate S 2021-11-18 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-11-18T18:18:06Z BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 117 5602 HR 2021-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-11-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-11-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-11-18 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-11-18 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2021-11-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-11-18 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-11-18 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2021-12-06 False Health Congressional oversight Education programs funding Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care coverage and access Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical education Student aid and college costs Health 00 2021-11-18 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-22T18:13:19Z Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 or the BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021

This bill establishes a student loan repayment program for health care and related professionals who are engaged in either bio-preparedness and response activities or infectious disease care in underserved communities. For each year that a professional meets the work requirements of the program, the Health Resources and Services Administration may pay up to $50,000 of the professional's student loan principal and interest, up to a maximum amount of $150,000.

]]> BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 Display Title BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Bio-Preparedness and Infectious Diseases Workforce Loan Repayment Program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3244is/xml/BILLS-117s3244is.xml 2021-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.