Health Investment Zones Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill reduces a tax credit, appropriation, grant provision: 2. Designation of Health Investment Zones, expands a tax credit, compliance mandate, tariff provision: 3, and expands a tax credit, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 25G. It relies on compliance mandates, tax credits, appropriations, and grants. The main policy areas are Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Reduces a tax credit, appropriation, grant provision: 2. Designation of Health Investment Zones.
- Expands a tax credit, compliance mandate, tariff provision: 3.
- Expands a tax credit, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 25G.
- Expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 4. Grants For each area designated as a Health Investment Zone, the Secretary may award a grant to the community-based nonprofit organization or local governmental agency...
- Expands a appropriation, loan guarantee, compliance mandate provision: 5. Student loan repayment program.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill reduces a tax credit, appropriation, grant provision: 2. Designation of Health Investment Zones, expands a tax credit, compliance mandate, tariff provision: 3, and expands a tax credit, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 25G.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare
Primary Purpose
The bill reduces a tax credit, appropriation, grant provision: 2. Designation of Health Investment Zones, expands a tax credit, compliance mandate, tariff provision: 3, and expands a tax credit, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 25G.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Padilla introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a Health Investment Zone practitioner who— agrees to provide full-time health care services in a Health Investment Zone for a specified period that is not less than 1 year
a health care practitioner who— is licensed or certified in accordance with applicable State law to treat patients in the applicable Health Investment Zone
a clinic that— bills by place of service code 11 (office) or 22 (independent clinic) in the physician fee schedule under section 1848
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