1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stopping Doctor Shortages Act”.
Stopping Doctor Shortages Act
A BILL
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.
2. Amendments to terms and conditions of public service loan forgiveness
Section 455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Full-time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations—The term full-time professionals engaged in health care practitioner occupations includes an individual who—
“(i) has a full-time job as a health care practitioner;
“(ii) provides medical services in such full-time job at a nonprofit hospital or public hospital or other nonprofit or public health care facility; and
“(iii) is prohibited from being employed directly by such hospital or other health care facility by State law.”