Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017

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Introduced

6 April 2017

Last action

7 April 2017 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summary

Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which HHS makes student loan repayments in exchange for a health professional providing frontline care services for two years in a frontline care scarcity area. Frontline care services include services in the fields of surgery, optometry, physical therapy, pharmacies, public health, dietetics, occupational therapy, pediatrics, and medical technology. Frontline care scarcity areas are federal health professional shortage areas and areas, populations, or facilities designated by a state as having a shortage of frontline care services.

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Timeline

6 April 2017
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
6 April 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 April 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 April 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to ← Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2042
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2042
us · 115-hr-2042 · source updated 11 August 2025