Sec. 7. Intergovernmental Working Group
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries concerned and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly establish an Intergovernmental Working Group to assist, in accordance with this section, with the administration of the programs required under this Act. The Intergovernmental Working Group shall have 9 members, of whom— five members shall be selected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services from employees of the Department of Health and Human Services who are knowledgeable concerning the education, training, employment, and medical practices of health care professionals and the health care workforce; two members shall be selected by the Secretary of Education from employees of the Department of Education who are knowledgeable concerning eligible Federal student loans and the administration of such loans; and two members shall be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury from employees of the Department of the Treasury who are knowledgeable concerning eligible private student loans, the administration of such loans, and private educational lenders.
The Intergovernmental Working Group established under this section shall— develop a procedure or list of requirements to determine whether an individual has made significant contributions to the medical response to the qualifying emergency for purposes of determining whether the individual is a frontline health care worker as defined in section 9(1)(C); determine what information an individual needs to provide for the Secretaries concerned to determine whether the individual has made significant contributions to the medical response to the qualifying emergency for purposes of determining whether the individual is a frontline health care worker as defined in section 9(1)(B) ; not later than 15 days after the date on which the Council is established, report the information described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)to the Secretaries concerned for inclusion in the application developed in accordance with section 6(b)(1) ; not later than 60 days after the date on which the Council is established, develop a process by which— an applicant who is denied loan forgiveness or loan repayment (or both) under this Act by the Secretaries concerned because of a determination that the applicant is not a frontline health care worker may, within 30 days of the date of such denial, submit an appeal of such denial to the Intergovernmental Working Group; and the Intergovernmental Working Group will review the appeal and make a determination with respect to whether the applicant is a frontline health care worker; and upon the request for an appeal by an applicant described in paragraph
(4), using the appeals process developed under such paragraph, determine within 30 days after submission of the appeal by the applicant, whether the applicant is a frontline health care worker, and notify the Secretaries concerned and the applicant of the outcome of such appeal within 15 days of such determination.