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ID S1223
Bill
Status
1/21/2014
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
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Creates an educational loan repayment program for physicians, psychologists, and midlevel practitioners employed at State Hospital North and State Hospital South to attract and retain qualified professionals.
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Eligible employees must have completed at least 2,080 credited state service hours before receiving their first loan disbursement.
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Loan repayment assistance is limited to a 4-year period following the employee's initial eligibility and covers undergraduate or graduate education loans for school tuition and reasonable education expenses.
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Physicians receive maximum annual reimbursements of $15,000 (years 1-2), $20,000 (year 3), and $25,000 (year 4); psychologists and midlevel practitioners receive $10,000 (years 1-2) and $15,000 (years 3-4).
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Program is subject to appropriation and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is authorized to promulgate rules to implement the program.
Legislative Description
Adds to existing law to authorize a loan repayment program for physicians, psychologists and midlevel practitioners at certain state hospitals, to provide limitations on the program, to provide eligibility criteria for the program, to provide for the length of the program and to provide for amounts to be reimbursed.
PERSONNEL SYSTEM
Last Action
Recommitted to Health & Welfare
2/3/2014