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 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4607 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 OCTOBER 4, 2019 Mr. HARDER of California (for himself, Mr. COOK, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. CRENSHAW, and Ms. BASS) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred 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 23:03 Oct 07, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4607.IH H4607 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4607 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 from being em- 12 ployed directly by such hospital or other 13 health care facility by State law.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:03 Oct 07, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4607.IH H4607 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS