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PA HB1102
Bill
Status
5/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Pielli
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AI Summary
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Renames the "Medical Officer or Health Officer Incentive Program" to the "Specialty Branch Officer Incentive Program" and expands eligibility to include chaplains, JAG officers, and Air Force health care officers in addition to Army medical officers
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Establishes tiered monthly stipend amounts based on educational requirements: $1,000/month for doctoral degrees, $750/month for master's degrees or juris doctor/seminary degrees, and $500/month for bachelor's degrees
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Stipends may be received for up to 48 months of medical residency or the first 36 accession months of service to the Pennsylvania National Guard, with a one-month service obligation required for each monthly stipend received
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Changes the stipend adjustment period from every two years to every five years beginning in calendar year 2026, based on Consumer Price Index changes
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Excludes medical and health care officers in administrative, planning, or logistical concentrations from program eligibility and requires area of concentration qualifications to be approved by the National Guard Bureau
Legislative Description
In military educational programs relating to medical officer or health officer incentive program, further providing for definitions, for establishment of program, for program stipend, for additional incentives, for recoupment of incentive payments, for adjustment of stipend amounts and for eligibility; and making editorial changes.
Last Action
Referred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness
5/16/2025