H.R.4681

SPARC Act Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act

Introduced·7/23/25
Introduced

H. R. 4681

Introduced in House · August 14, 2025

July 23, 2025

Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes.

Specialty medicine workforce in rural communities

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 “Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act” or the “SPARC Act”.