Provider Training in Palliative Care Act
Summary
Provider Training in Palliative Care Act This bill allows National Health Service Corps (NHSC) participants to apply for a deferral of their service obligation period in order to receive training in palliative care. The Department of Health and Human Services may grant a deferral for up to one year. The NHSC provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to primary care, dental, and mental health providers who agree to complete a service obligation period by working in areas designated as having a shortage of those types of providers.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 29, 2021
Last action Sep 29, 2021
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Committee
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Sep 29, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Sep 29, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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