H.R. 593

Summary

H.R. 593, the Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 21, 2025 by Rep. Jill Tokuda (D) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Jan 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 593 has 7 co-sponsors.

119 HR 593 IH: Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-21
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 593  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 21, 2025   Ms. Tokuda  (for herself,  Mrs. Miller of West Virginia ,  Mr. Panetta , and  Mr. Steube ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain health professions education scholarship and loan payments from gross income.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act  .
2.
Tax treatment of certain health professions education payments
(a)
In general
 Section 108(f)(4)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
(4)
Payments under certain Public Health Service Act loan repayment programs and certain State loan repayment programs
In the case of an individual, gross income shall not include any amount received under—
(A)
a loan repayment program under section 338B(g), 846(a), 738(a), 775, or 781 of the Public Health Service Act,
(B)
a State program described in section 338I of the Public Health Service Act, or
(C)
any other State loan repayment or loan forgiveness program that is intended to provide for the increased availability of health care services in underserved or health professional shortage areas (as determined by such State).
 .
(b)
Qualified scholarships
Section 117(c)(2) of such Code is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraphs:
(B)
the scholarship program under section 846 of such Act,
(C)
the scholarship program under section 338K of such Act, and
(D)
the scholarship program under section 10 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act,
 .
(c)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts received in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain health professions education scholarship and loan payments from gross income.

Sponsors

Rep. Jill Tokuda (D) sponsors H.R. 593, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Jill Tokuda

Rep. · D–HI-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025

Carol Miller

Rep. · R–WV-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 21, 2025 · Original

Jimmy Panetta

Rep. · D–CA-19 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 21, 2025 · Original

Greg Steube

Rep. · R–FL-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 21, 2025 · Original

Brian Fitzpatrick

Rep. · R–PA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025

Sarah McBride

Rep. · D–DE-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025

James Moylan

Rep. · R–GU-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 17, 2025

Thomas Suozzi

Rep. · D–NY-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 17, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 593 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Jan 21, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 593 has taken 2 actions since Jan 21, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 593 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 593 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act — Display Title
• Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain health professions education scholarship and loan payments from gross income. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

13 clients hired 12 firms and 83 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 593 in 54 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Education, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration, Veterans, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 83.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 593 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 593’s is Taxation.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 593 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Government lending and loan guarantees to Student aid and college costs.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com