March 23, 2001
Rep. Johnson Introduces NHSC Scholarship Tax Legislation
Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.), chair of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, March 6 introduced H.R. 885, a bill to exclude from gross income payments made for tuition, fees and education-related expenses under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program. The bill also exempts from gross income similar payments under the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program, the National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program, and any state program determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to have "substantially similar objectives as such programs." Similar language was included in a legislative proposal approved by the Senate Finance Committee on March 13 [see Washington Highlights, March 16], and in the President's budget blueprint.
Information: Jonathan Fishburn, AAMC Office of Governmental Relations, 202-828-0525.
