Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1810
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 16-46-5.
Synopsis: Health care professional recruitment and retention. Changes
the name of the Indiana medical and nursing grant fund to the health
care professional recruitment and retention fund. Defines "financial
sponsor". Requires the state department of health to designate annually
the counties, cities, towns, census tracts, and townships in Indiana that
are underserved by specific types of health care professionals. Changes
the fund to provide loan repayment for student loans incurred by health
care professionals and scholarships to health care professional students
to encourage the full-time delivery of health care in underserved areas.
Adds grants from public or private sources as resources included in the
fund. Modifies certain eligibility requirements that a health care
professional must meet in order to be eligible for the repayment of
student loans.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
Crosby, Budak, Becker
January 17, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
Introduced
First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1810
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-3; (01)IN1810.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 16-46-5-3
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 3. As used in this
chapter, "fund" refers to the Indiana medical and nursing grant health
care professional recruitment and retention fund.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-4; (01)IN1810.1.2. -->
SECTION 2.
IC 16-46-5-4
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 4. As used in this
chapter, "matching grant" "financial sponsor" means a grant of
money, services, or an interest in property that is provided qualified
entity under section 10 of this chapter that provides money to a
physician or nurse by an eligible individual. health care professional
student for educational costs.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-6; (01)IN1810.1.3. -->
SECTION 3.
IC 16-46-5-6
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 6. As used in this
chapter, "shortage area" means a county, city, town, census tract, or
township designated by the state department as underserved by
physicians or nurses health care professionals under section 7 of this
chapter.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-7; (01)IN1810.1.4. -->
SECTION 4.
IC 16-46-5-7
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 7. The state department
shall annually designate adopt the federal designation of the counties,
cities, towns, census tracts, and townships in Indiana that are
underserved by physicians and those that are underserved by nurses.
specific types of health care professionals as determined by the
state department. The state department shall rank these areas
according to the degree each area is underserved by physicians. health
care professionals.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-8; (01)IN1810.1.5. -->
SECTION 5.
IC 16-46-5-8
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 8. (a) The Indiana
medical and nursing grant health care professional recruitment and
retention fund is established. The purpose of the fund is to provide
grants to physicians and nurses loan repayment for student loans
incurred by health care professionals and scholarships for health
care professional students to encourage the full-time practice
delivery of medicine health care in shortage areas. The state
department shall administer the fund.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Appropriations by the general assembly.
(2) Repayments by loan recipients from the Indiana medical and
nursing distribution loan fund under
IC 25-22.5-9
(repealed July
1, 1987).
(3) Gifts to the fund.
(4) Grants from public or private sources.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
to the state general fund.
(e) The fund shall be used to do the following:
(1) Provide grants loan repayment and scholarships under this
chapter.
(2) Pay the costs incurred by the state department in administering
this chapter.
The administrative costs paid from the fund under subdivision (2) may
not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per year.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-9; (01)IN1810.1.6. -->
SECTION 6.
IC 16-46-5-9
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9.
A shortage area,
community or migrant health center, or maternal and child health clinic
is eligible to apply for a grant if the area or center is seeking to recruit
a physician who meets the following conditions: (a) In order to be
eligible for loan repayment for student loans, a health care
professional must either:
(1) Holds hold an unlimited license to practice medicine or
osteopathic medicine a health care profession in Indiana that
has been declared by the state department to be eligible for
loan repayment in a specified fiscal year and have completed
at least one (1) year of health care professional practice in a
shortage area; or
(2) Agrees to:
(A) establish:
(i) a general practice;
(ii) a family practice;
(iii) a general internal medicine practice;
(iv) a general pediatrics practice; or
(v) an obstetrics or gynecology practice; or
(B) work have worked at least one (1) year at a community
or migrant health center or maternal and child health clinic in
any area of medicine listed in subdivision (2)(A); in a shortage
area: a shortage area and be trained in a health care
profession that has been declared eligible by the state
department for loan repayment in a specified fiscal year.
(b) In order to be eligible to receive a scholarship, a health care
professional student must do the following:
(1) Apply to the state department.
(2) Be enrolled at the time of application in a health
professional degree or certificate program that has been
approved by the state department for scholarship purposes.
(3) Meet academic requirements established by the state
department.
(4) Plan to complete the health care professional degree or
certificate program in which the student is currently enrolled.
(5) Plan to practice as a health care professional in an Indiana
shortage area.
(6) Provide evidence of financial sponsorship by the fiscal
body of an Indiana shortage area in the amount or proportion
required by the state department.
(7) Meet other requirements established by the state
department.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-10; (01)IN1810.1.7. -->
SECTION 7.
IC 16-46-5-10
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 10.
A: (a) The
following entities qualify as financial sponsors of a health care
professional student if the entities meet the requirements under
subsection (b):
(1)
A fiscal body of a shortage area.
(2)
A community or migrant health center that is located in a
shortage area.
(3)
A hospital licensed under IC 16-21 that is located in a
shortage area.
(4)
A health facility under IC 16-28 that is located in a shortage
area.
(5)
A maternal and child health clinic located in a shortage area.
or
(6) A nurse managed clinic or rural health training center
located in a shortage area.
(7) An area health education center located in a shortage area.
(8) A local health department (as defined in
IC 16-18-2-211
)
that is located in a shortage area.
(6) (9) Any combination of the entities described in subdivisions
(1) through
(5);
is eligible to apply for a grant if the entity is seeking to recruit a
registered nurse who agrees to become employed by the entity in a
shortage area. In addition, the entity must provide evidence
demonstrating that the grant is to be used as a supplement to and not a
replacement of the salary that would normally be paid for an equivalent
position. (8).
(b) An entity described in subsection (a) qualifies as a financial
sponsor if the entity commits in writing to both the health care
professional student and the state department that the entity will
do the following:
(1) Fund an amount determined under subsection (c) of the
student's postsecondary educational expenses, including the
following:
(A) Tuition.
(B) Educational fees.
(C) Educational materials.
(D) Living expenses.
(2) Employ or find employment for the student on a full-time
basis as a health care professional upon the student's
successful completion of an academic, a licensure, or a
certification program in the health care profession for which
the student is sponsored.
(c) To receive a scholarship, a fiscal body described in
subsection (a) must contribute a matching scholarship in an
amount that is equal to the lesser of the following:
(1) At least fifty percent (50%) of the initial state department
scholarship.
(2) Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(d) Financial sponsorship may be satisfied in whole or in part
by:
(1) a grant;
(2) a scholarship; or
(3) private foundation support;
if there is not a conflict with sources of state health care
professional scholarship funds.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-11; (01)IN1810.1.8. -->
SECTION 8.
IC 16-46-5-11
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 11. An entity described
in section 10 of this chapter (a) A health care professional must apply
for a grant loan repayment on an application form supplied by the
state department.
(b) A health care professional student must apply for a
scholarship on an application form prescribed by the state
department.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-12; (01)IN1810.1.9. -->
SECTION 9.
IC 16-46-5-12
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 12. The state
department shall consider each application and determine the
following:
(1) The eligibility of the applicant under section 9 or 10 of this
chapter. for the program under which the application is
submitted.
(2) The extent to which the shortage area or eligible entity located
in a shortage area is underserved, according to the rank given the
shortage area under section 7 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-13.5; (01)IN1810.1.10. -->
SECTION 10.
IC 16-46-5-13.5
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 13.5. (a) The state department
may award an annual loan repayment in an amount not greater
than the documented amount of the student loans incurred by a
health care professional.
(b) The state department may award a scholarship to a health
care professional student in an amount not greater than the
documented cost of the student's:
(1) tuition;
(2) educational fees;
(3) educational materials; and
(4) living expenses.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-16; (01)IN1810.1.11. -->
SECTION 11.
IC 16-46-5-16
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 16. The state health
commissioner may waive a shortage area from the requirements of
sections 13 and 15 section 10 of this chapter if the state health
commissioner determines that the following conditions exist:
(1) The shortage area is economically distressed.
(2) The medical needs of the shortage area cannot be met without
a waiver.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-18; (01)IN1810.1.12. -->
SECTION 12.
IC 16-46-5-18
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 18. The state
department shall file an annual report with the governor and the general
assembly on the following:
(1) The receipt, disbursement, and use of funds.
(2) The identification of shortage areas.
(3) The number of applications for grants. loan repayment and
for scholarships by the following categories:
(A) Profession.
(B) Specialty.
(C) Underserved area to be served.
(4) The number and amount of grants loan repayments and
scholarships provided by the state department.
SOURCE: IC 16-46-5-13; IC 16-46-5-14; IC 16-46-5-15; IC 16-46-
5-17.
; (01)IN1810.1.13. -->
SECTION 13. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2001]:
IC 16-46-5-13
;
IC 16-46-5-14
;
IC 16-46-5-15
;
IC 16-46-5-17.
SOURCE: ; (01)IN1810.1.14. -->
SECTION 14. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]
(a) After June 30,
2001, any reference to the Indiana medical and nursing grant fund
in any statute, rule, or ordinance shall be treated as a reference to
the Indiana health care professional recruitment and retention
fund.
(b) By June 30, 2002, the state department of health, in
compliance with
IC 4-22-2
, shall amend 410 IAC 23-1 to change the
name of the Indiana medical and nursing grant fund to Indiana
health care professional recruitment and retention fund.
(c) On July 1, 2001, any remaining funds in the Indiana medical
and nursing grant fund shall be transferred to the Indiana health
care professional recruitment and retention fund.
(d) This SECTION expires July 1, 2002.