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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4607" measure-id="id116hr4607" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-10-04" update-date="2020-08-04">
<title>To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr4607v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-08-04">
<action-date>2019-10-04</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill defines a full-time health care practitioner for the purpose of participation in the student loan repayment plan for public service employees. Specifically, the bill establishes a definition that encompasses an individual employed as a health care practitioner at a nonprofit or public hospital or facility who is prohibited from being directly employed by such hospital or facility under state law.</p>]]></summary-text>
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