,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ba1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,tokuda 7for herself1 ,mrs4   
,miller of ,west ,virginia1 ,mr4        
,panetta1 and ,mr4 ,steube7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf to exclude      
certain health professions education    
scholarship and loan payments from gross
 income4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,strengthening      
,pathways to ,health ,professions ,act4 
#b4 ,tax treatment of certain health    
professions education payments  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #ajh7;f77#d7 of the    
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended to read as follows3  7#d7       
,payments under certain ,public ,health 
,service ,act loan repayment programs   
and certain ,state loan repayment       
programs ,in the case of an individual1 
gross income shall not include any      

amount received under-- 7,a7 a loan     
repayment program under section         
#cch;,b7g71 #hdf7;a71 #gch7;a71 #gge1 or
 #gha of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act1  7,b7 a ,state program described  
in section #cch;,i of the ,public       
,health ,service ,act1 or  7,c7 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   
7as determined by such ,state74  4  7b7 
,qualified scholarships ,section        
#aag7;c77#b7 of such ,code is amended by
 redesignating subparagraphs 7,b7 and   
7,c7 as subparagraphs 7,e7 and 7,f71    
respectively1 and by inserting after    
subparagraph 7,a7 the following new     
subparagraphs3  7,b7 the scholarship    
program under section #hdf of such ,act1
  7,c7 the scholarship program under    
section #cch,k of such ,act1 and  7,d7  
the scholarship program under section   
#aj of the ,native ,hawaiian ,health    

,care ,improvement ,act1  4  7c7        
,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 
,act4