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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 5372
To clarify that employees of safety net health plans are eligible for loan
forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Mr. SMITH of Washington (for himself and Ms. SCHRIER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To clarify that employees of safety net health plans are
eligible for loan forgiveness under the Public Service
Loan Forgiveness Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safety Net Health
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Plan Employee Student Loan Forgiveness Fairness Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR EM-
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PLOYEES OF SAFETY NET HEALTH PLANS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher
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Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)) is
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amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘at an
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organization that is a safety net health plan (as such
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term is defined in subparagraph (C)),’’ after
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‘‘school-based services,’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
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paragraph:
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‘‘(C) SAFETY NET HEALTH PLAN.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘safety
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net health plan’ means any entity with net
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premiums written for health insurance for
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United States health risks that is described
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in clause (ii) or (iii) of section 57.2(b)(2)
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of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations
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(as such section is in effect on October 1,
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2019).
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‘‘(ii) OTHER
TERMS
DEFINED.—For
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the purposes of this subparagraph, the
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terms ‘net premiums written’ and ‘United
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States health risks’ have the meanings
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given such terms in section 57.2 of title
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26, Code of Federal Regulations (as such
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section is in effect on October 1, 2019).’’.
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(b) APPLICATION
OF AMENDMENTS.—In carrying
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out the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program under
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section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
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U.S.C. 1087e(m)), with respect to the calculation of the
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employment period of a borrower who is or was employed
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by a safety net health plan (as defined in such section,
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as amended by this Act), and the number of qualifying
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monthly payments made by such borrower for the pur-
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poses of loan forgiveness under such section, the Secretary
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of Education shall include any such employment per-
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formed, and any such monthly payments made, after the
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date of enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity
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Act of 2008 (Public Law 100–15).
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