Bill Text: VA HB37 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Loan repayment programs; creates program for mental health professionals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations [HB37 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB37-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §32.1-122.8 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-122.6:2 as follows:
§32.1-122.6:2. Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program.
A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board shall establish the Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (the Program) for mental health professionals as defined in § 54.1-2400.1 who have worked in the mental health profession in the Commonwealth for at least five years. The Commissioner shall act as the fiscal agent for the Board in administration of these funds.
B. The Board shall promulgate regulations for the implementation and administration of the Program. Applications for participation in the Program shall be accepted from any mental health professional employed in the Commonwealth.
§32.1-122.8. Board's authority to receive and expend funds.
The Board of Health
is hereby authorized to apply for, receive, and expend federal and any other
available funds for the enhancement of the primary health care system, including,
but not limited to, any funds designated for any physician
loan repayment program or
mental health professional loan repayment program, for medical scholarships, and for area health education
centers.
