6273 -- VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2016 | Poliscope

VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2016

6273

114th Congress

Armed Forces and National Security

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

September 28, 2016

Latest Action

October 19, 2016

Primary Sponsor

Beto O’RourkeDemocratic(TX)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

60pct

21d open

vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d

Summary

VA Health Care Provider Education Debt Relief Act of 2016 This bill increases the annual and five-year caps on the amount of education debt reduction available to Veterans Health Administration health care professionals under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education debt reduction program. The VA may waive such caps for a participant working in a geographical area designated by the Department of Health and Human Services as a health professional shortage area with respect to such participant's specialty or assignment.

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Filing registrants (2)

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (1)MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART (1)

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2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

HR 5426/S 3042, Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2016; GI Bill Eligibility - 100% Post-9/11 GI Bill Eligibility for all Purple Heart Recipients; Military Health Care, generally and TriCARE provisions contained in the 2017 NDAA Bill; GI Bill - Financial Protections and Services for GI Bill Beneficiaries; 2017 MilCon Appropriations, provisions for in-Vitro fertilization programs for veterans; S. 3328 Employment Rights of Public Health Service Officers; S. 185, Promise for Antibiotics and Therapeutics for Health Act (PATH Act); HR 34; 21st Century Cures Act - Provisions to include PATH Act Language HR 358, Purple Heart Commemorative Coin Act; HR 250, Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act; HR 6272, VA Provider Pay Modernization Act; HR 6273, VA Healthcare Provider Education Debt Relief Act; HR 6416, Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Improvement Act of 2016 - Sec. 401 Fry Scholarship provisions; HR 3476/6377, National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act; HR 6234, Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act of 2016;