Bill Text: TX SB998 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the physician education loan repayment program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Left pending in committee [SB998 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB998-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa, Flores | S.B. No. 998 |
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relating to the physician education loan repayment program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 61.538(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A physician may receive repayment assistance under this | ||
subchapter in the amount determined by board rule, not to exceed the | ||
following amounts for each year for which the physician establishes | ||
eligibility for the assistance: | ||
(1) for the first year, $30,000 [ |
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(2) for the second year, $40,000 [ |
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(3) for the third year, $50,000 [ |
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(4) for the fourth year, $60,000 [ |
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(c) The total amount of repayment assistance made under this | ||
subchapter to an individual physician may not exceed $180,000 | ||
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
61.538, Education Code, applies only to a person who first | ||
establishes eligibility for loan repayment assistance under | ||
Subchapter J, Chapter 61, Education Code, as amended by this Act, on | ||
the basis of an application submitted on or after September 1, 2019. | ||
A person who first establishes eligibility on the basis of an | ||
application submitted before September 1, 2019, is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |