Kentucky Statutes 211.165 – Program for repayment of educational loans for primary health-care professionals who agree to serve in federally designated health professional shortage areas
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The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a loan repayment program to repay educational loans for primary health-care professionals who agree to serve in federally designated health professional shortage areas. The program shall:
(1) Apply for federal funds for the program under the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. sec. 254g-1);
(2) Make payments of qualifying educational loans of health professionals agreeing to provide primary health services in federally designated health professional shortage areas;
(3) Assign health professionals only to public and private nonprofit entities;
(4) Enter into contracts with participants with remedies for breach of contract by the health professional; and
(5) Make available nonfederal contributions towards contracts with individual health professionals in an amount not less than one dollar ($1) for each one dollar ($1) of federal funds provided. In meeting this matching fund requirement, the state shall provide fifty percent (50%) of the state’s share from state funds, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be provided from local governments or other community- based resources from the area in which the health professional will be serving.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 342, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 286, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 512, Part 1., sec. 115, effective July 15, 1994.
(1) Apply for federal funds for the program under the Public Health Service Act (42
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 211.165
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
U.S.C. sec. 254g-1);
(2) Make payments of qualifying educational loans of health professionals agreeing to provide primary health services in federally designated health professional shortage areas;
(3) Assign health professionals only to public and private nonprofit entities;
(4) Enter into contracts with participants with remedies for breach of contract by the health professional; and
(5) Make available nonfederal contributions towards contracts with individual health professionals in an amount not less than one dollar ($1) for each one dollar ($1) of federal funds provided. In meeting this matching fund requirement, the state shall provide fifty percent (50%) of the state’s share from state funds, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be provided from local governments or other community- based resources from the area in which the health professional will be serving.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 342, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 286, effective July 15, 1998. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 512, Part 1., sec. 115, effective July 15, 1994.