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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2521 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2521
To allow participants in the National Health Service Corps to defer
their obligated service in order to receive training in palliative care
services.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 29, 2025
Ms. Rosen (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To allow participants in the National Health Service Corps to defer
their obligated service in order to receive training in palliative care
services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Provider Training in Palliative Care
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFERRAL OF OBLIGATED SERVICES FOR TRAINING IN PALLIATIVE CARE.
Section 331 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
``(j) In carrying out subpart III, the Secretary may issue
deferrals of the period of obligated service to individuals who have
entered into a contract for obligated service under the Scholarship
Program or the Loan Repayment Program and who apply for such a deferral
in order to receive training in palliative care. The Secretary may
grant such a deferral to such an individual for a period of up to 1
year.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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