BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021
Summary
Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 or the BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021 This bill establishes a student loan repayment program for health care and related professionals who are engaged in either bio-preparedness and response activities or infectious disease care in underserved communities. For each year that a professional meets the work requirements of the program, the Health Resources and Services Administration may pay up to $50,000 of the professional's student loan principal and interest, up to a maximum amount of $150,000.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 15, 2021
Last action Oct 18, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Oct 18, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Oct 15, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Oct 15, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lori Trahan
DDemocratic
Co
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
Co
Cynthia Axne
DDemocratic
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
David B. McKinley
RRepublican
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
G. K. Butterfield
DDemocratic
Co
Lizzie Fletcher
DDemocratic
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