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Download full textAlexandra Hegji; Sylvia L. Bryan; Elayne J. Heisler – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The number and availability of service-contingent loan forgiveness and loan repayment programs have expanded considerably since the establishment of the first major federal loan forgiveness program under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. This report provides information on federally authorized service-contingent student loan forgiveness…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Loan Repayment, Public Agencies, Financial Support
Heisler, Elayne J.; Hegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2021
The Public Health Service Act (PHSA, 42 U.S.C. ยงยง201 et. seq.) authorizes five student loan programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): (1) Health Professions Student Loans; (2) Loans for Disadvantaged Students; (3) Primary Care Loans; (4) Nursing…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Low Income Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1984
Revisions and extensions of Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act are presented in this conference report of the U.S. House of Representatives. It is proposed that the Act be cited as the "Public Health Service Act Amendments of 1984." The texts of proposed amendments, including revisions of the language of the legislation, are…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Government School Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1991
This report presents a bill (H.R. 3508) to amend the Public Health Service Act, along with analysis, a report on hearings on the bill, cost estimates and the text of the legislation itself. text of the legislation itself. A section on its purpose explains that it revises and extends Titles VII and VIII which authorize programs relating to the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
This document, submitted by Senator Kennedy, is the official Senate report on the authorization of the Health Professions Training and Nurse Education Improvement Act of 1991 (the reauthorization of the original Public Health Service Act)--legislation that provides for programs that support the training and education of professional health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1979
Hearings on the Nurse Training Act Amendments of 1979 are presented. Texts are given of House Resolutions 1143, 1337, 1651, 1820, and 2489 to amend Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend for two fiscal years the program of assistance for nurse training. Statements, testimonies, and letters from witnesses are provided. Among the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1991
The Subcommittee on Health and the Environment met to receive testimony on federal health professions programs authorized by Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act. These programs are slated for repeal by the Bush Administration in 1992. In particular the subcommittee heard testimony on the subject of critical shortages in training…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1984
This congressional report contains the majority views as well as minority and additional views of members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce pertaining to the Health Professions and Services Amendments of 1984. (These are intended to amend Titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend the programs of assistance for the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services, Cost Estimates, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
Information about state support for health professions education and for students attending health professions schools is presented, based on a request by the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research. The Subcommittee will be considering legislation, during the 96th Congress, to extend and modify Titles VII and VIII of the Public…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Dentistry, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 2002
This document contains the text of the Nurse Reinvestment Act, which amends the Public Health Service Act to address the increasing shortage of registered nurses by instituting a series of policies to improve nurse recruitment and nurse retention. Title I details two initiatives to boost recruitment of nurses. The first initiative includes the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Development, Career Ladders, Change Strategies
