S. 1380 Senate Health
SPARC Act
Committee Consideration, still liveSTAGE 2 OF 8 — COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
Currently in the Senate. Last action: committee on health, education, labor, and pensions. hearings held on Mar 19, 2026.
- Senate Introduced in Senate Apr 9, 2025
- Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Apr 9, 2025
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Mar 19, 2026
Cosponsors
5
Subjects
Government lending and loan guaranteesHealth personnelHigher educationRural conditions and developmentStudent aid and college costs
Committees
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- [Hearings By (full committee), Mar 19, 2026]
- [Referred To, Apr 9, 2025]
Summary
Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act or the SPARC ActThis bill establishes student loan repayment programs to support the provision of specialty medical care in rural areas.The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must carry out such a program for specialty medicine physicians (i.e., practicing in an area other than primary care) who provide care in rural communities with shortages of such physicians. Physicians must agree to a period of obligated service and, for each year of such service, HRSA must pay one-sixth of the principal payment and interest on eligible loans up to a maximum cap of $250,000. Additionally, HRSA may carry out a similar loan repayment program for nonphysician specialty health care providers.
[Summary as of: Introduced in Senate]
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