Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act

1/2
Status In Committee
Sponsor Tina Smith
Citation 117-S-3506
Actions 2
Introduced Jan 13th, 2022
Cosponsors
2 1
Last Action Jan 13th, 2022
Policy Area
Introduced Senate Jan 13
Senate
House
President
Enacted

Summary

AI Guide

What this bill does

Loading AI analysis…

Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and makes changes to the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program (a program that awards student loan repayment to individuals with qualifying degrees who commit to work full-time for a federal, state, tribal, or local public health agency for a period of obligated service). Changes to the program include increasing the maximum repayment amount; eliminating the option for individuals to complete the service obligation in a federal public health agency; and expanding the scope of qualifying degrees to cover, for example, those in statistics, computer science, and programs related to information technology. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services may take actions to equitably distribute awards across geographic regions, among jurisdictional levels, and between urban and rural areas. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct an evaluation of the public health workforce.

Actions

2
Senate
INTRODUCED
INTRODUCED
Jan 13, 2022
ON FLOOR
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
Version
Font size