Require annual certification to verify service hours for school nurses participating in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez · Washington · Democratic

policy impact 0.28 specificity 0.87 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish annual certification requirements to verify the number of hours worked by participating school nurses.. Promised outcome: School nurses' service hours would be documented for participation in the loan repayment program.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for Washington's 3rd District, Gluesenkamp Perez introduced the bipartisan More Nurses in Rural Schools Act, H.R.10694, during the 2025-2026 congressional term.

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Directing the Secretary to establish annual certification requirements for the purpose of verifying the number of hours worked by such individuals. This follows the application process framework in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which allows states to track these hours as they see fit.

The press release says the bill would require HHS to create annual certification requirements verifying school nurses' work hours for loan repayment eligibility.

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez Introduces Legislation to Bring More Nurses to Public Schools
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"introduced the bipartisan More Nurses in Rural Schools Act, H.R.10694"; "establish annual certification requirements"

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Perez introduced H.R. 10694, a bill matching the promise's certification requirement for school nurses in the NHSC loan repayment context, but introduction alone is not enactment.

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Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez Introduces Legislation to Bring More Nurses to Public Schools
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"Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · October 1, 2026"; "0recorded votes"

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill remained in committee with no recorded votes as of the latest checked record, so the commitment had not been delivered by enactment or final agency implementation.

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H.R. 10694 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide … | Vote Files
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