Sec. 6. Application and determination of eligibility
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An individual may apply for loan forgiveness under section 2 , loan repayment under section 3 , or both, by submitting an application to the Secretaries concerned during the period that begins on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and that ends on the date that is 2 years after the end of the qualifying period. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall jointly, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Intergovernmental Working Group (in accordance with section 7 ), develop one application for borrowers of both eligible Federal student loans and eligible private student loans to apply for loan forgiveness or loan repayment, or both, under this Act.
The application required under paragraph
(1)may only include such information as is necessary for the Secretaries concerned to make a determination of whether the applicant— is a frontline health care worker, without consideration of the period of time the applicant served as such a worker; and is a borrower of an applicable eligible Federal student loan, an applicable eligible private student loan, or both. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretaries concerned receive an application from an individual in accordance with this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall— confirm that such individual is a frontline health care worker who is a borrower of an applicable eligible Federal student loan, an applicable eligible private student loan, or both, then notify the individual of such confirmation, and grant the individual loan forgiveness or loan repayment, or both, in accordance with sections 2 and 3 of this Act; or determine that such individual is not a frontline health care worker who is a borrower of an applicable eligible Federal student loan, an eligible private student loan, or both, then deny such application, and provide a notification to the individual that includes— that the application was denied; the reason for such denial; and if the application was denied because the Secretaries concerned determined that the applicant was not a frontline health care worker, an explanation that the individual may appeal the denial to the Intergovernmental Working Group within 30 days of the date of such denial, and information on how the applicant may submit such an appeal. In the case that an individual appeals the denial of an application to the Intergovernmental Working Group in accordance with section 7 , and the individual is determined by the Intergovernmental Working Group to be a frontline health care worker, the Secretaries concerned shall grant the individual loan forgiveness or loan repayment, or both, in accordance with sections 2 and 3 of this Act not later than 30 days after the Secretaries concerned are notified of the outcome of the appeal by the Intergovernmental Working Group.