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.

I 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. 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 A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligi- ble for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF 3 PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS. 4 Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 5 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)) is amended by adding at 6 the end the following: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:13 Mar 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1133.IH H1133 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1133 IH ‘‘(C) FULL-TIME JOB AS HEALTH CARE 1 PRACTITIONER.—For purposes of subparagraph 2 (B)(i), the term ‘full-time professionals engaged 3 in health care practitioner occupations’ includes 4 an individual who— 5 ‘‘(i) has a full-time job as a health 6 care practitioner; 7 ‘‘(ii) provides medical services in such 8 full-time job at a nonprofit hospital or pub- 9 lic hospital or other nonprofit or public 10 health care facility; and 11 ‘‘(iii) is prohibited by State law from 12 being employed directly by such hospital or 13 other health care facility.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:13 Mar 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1133.IH H1133 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS