[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1133 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1133

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2021

  Mr. Harder of California (for himself, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Castro of 
    Texas, and Mr. Taylor) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN 
              FORGIVENESS.

    Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(m)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Full-time job as health care practitioner.--
                For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term `full-
                time professionals engaged in health care practitioner 
                occupations' includes an individual who--
                            ``(i) has a full-time job as a health care 
                        practitioner;
                            ``(ii) provides medical services in such 
                        full-time job at a nonprofit hospital or public 
                        hospital or other nonprofit or public health 
                        care facility; and
                            ``(iii) is prohibited by State law from 
                        being employed directly by such hospital or 
                        other health care facility.''.
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