A new bill designed to combat the health care workforce shortage would, if passed, funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to provide scholarships and debt forgiveness for 20,000 health care workers, including mental health professionals.
The legislation would also provide $3 billion in capital funding for health centers to increase access to behavioral health and dental services.
Along with proposed funding for the NHSC and health centers, another $1.5 billion would be allocated to the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program and $100 million would be funneled to a Workforce Innovation Fund to help train and educate allied health care workers. Read more.
