Public health worker recruitment major focus of Senate’s new BIO Preparedness Workforce Act

Public health worker recruitment major focus of Senate’s new BIO Preparedness Workforce Act - Homeland Preparedness News With COVID-19 daily emphasizing how critical health care workers are to modern society, a collection of U.S. senators this week proposed a student loan repayment program to drive recruitment and retention in the field of public health. The BIO Preparedness … Read More » Chris Galford Homeland Preparedness News

With COVID-19 daily emphasizing how critical health care workers are to modern society, a collection of U.S. senators this week proposed a student loan repayment program to drive recruitment and retention in the field of public health.

The BIO Preparedness Workforce Act was introduced by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). If passed, it would create a new student loan repayment program for infectious disease clinicians, pharmacists, and other public health preparedness and response professionals working in health care settings. Each individual in the program could qualify for up to $50,000 for each year of service, up to a max of $150,000 in loan repayment. ...