S.1380

SPARC Act Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act

Introduced·4/9/25
Introduced

S. 1380

Introduced in Senate · April 22, 2025

April 9, 2025

Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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”.