1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act . 2. Federal student loan forgiveness for frontline health care workers (a) Forgiveness required Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education shall carry out a program in accordance with this Act to forgive the outstanding balance of interest and principal due on the applicable eligible Federal student loans of borrowers who are frontline health care workers. (b) Method of loan forgiveness In carrying out the loan forgiveness program required under subsection (a) , as soon as practicable after the Secretary of Education has confirmed that an applicant is a frontline health care worker who is a borrower of an eligible Federal student loan, the Secretary of Education shall— (1) through the holder of a loan, assume the obligation to repay the outstanding balance of interest and principal due on the applicable eligible Federal student loans of the borrower made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.)