Loading chat...

CT SB00260

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Gordon

Click for details

Origin

Senate

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a loan forgiveness program providing up to $50,000 for graduate school loans for health care professionals who work in rural, underserved areas, or fields with workforce shortages in Connecticut

  • Requires loan forgiveness recipients to maintain Department of Public Health licensure and commit to 4 years of full-time work or 8 years of part-time work in the state

  • Creates a tuition payment program covering up to the full cost of tuition for medical school or nursing school students

  • Tuition program recipients must agree to work as a physician or nurse in rural, underserved areas, or shortage fields for 4 years full-time or 8 years part-time

  • Participants in either program cannot simultaneously participate in other state or federal loan forgiveness or reimbursement programs

Legislative Description

An Act Establishing A Loan Forgiveness Program And A Tuition Payment Program For Certain Health Care Professionals Who Work In A Rural Or Other Underserved Area Or In A Field With A Workforce Shortage.

Last Action

Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health

1/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

No bill text available