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IN SB0291

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/5/2012

Primary Sponsor

Richard Young

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Origin

Senate

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases student loan forgiveness for primary care physicians practicing in rural Indiana areas from $5,000 to $25,000 per year
  • Maintains the existing $5,000 annual loan forgiveness cap for primary care physicians not serving rural areas
  • Requires the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to determine whether a physician's practice primarily serves a rural area to qualify for the higher forgiveness amount
  • Applies to Indiana residents licensed as physicians who conduct the majority of their medical practice in the state
  • Effective date of July 1, 2012

Legislative Description

Primary care physician loan forgiveness program.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

1/5/2012

Full Bill Text

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