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IN HB1552
Bill
Status
1/20/2015
Primary Sponsor
Cindy Kirchhofer
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AI Summary
HB 1552 Summary
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Establishes a mental health and addiction services loan forgiveness program to increase availability of mental health and addiction services in underserved shortage areas in Indiana.
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Provides loan forgiveness assistance to psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, addiction counselors, and mental health professionals who practice in designated Indiana mental health facilities and shortage areas.
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Creates an integrated behavioral health and addiction treatment training track program through Indiana University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry residency program.
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Appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2015 and $500,000 for fiscal year 2016 to the mental health and addiction services loan forgiveness account.
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Effective dates: January 1, 2015 (retroactive) for program establishment; July 1, 2015 for appropriations.
Legislative Description
Mental health services loan forgiveness program. Provides that the purpose of the mental health and addiction services loan forgiveness program is to increase the availability of mental health services (including addiction health services) in underserved shortage areas in Indiana and to increase the number of professional mental health care providers (including addiction health care professionals) in health professional shortage areas in Indiana by assisting professionals working in designated mental health care occupations to pay off loans incurred in the training needed to practice in Indiana. Appropriates $500,000 for both the 2015 and 2016 state fiscal years to the mental health
Last Action
Representative Riecken added as coauthor
1/29/2015