Minnesota Legislature
HF 3014
2nd Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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| Introduction | Posted on 02/14/2008 | |
| 1st Engrossment | Posted on 02/28/2008 | |
| 2nd Engrossment | Posted on 03/13/2008 |
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A bill for an act
relating to higher education; clarifying the loan forgiveness program for nurses;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.1501, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.1501, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:
Subd. 2.
Creation of account.
(a) A health professional education loan forgiveness
program account is established. The commissioner of health shall use money from the
account to establish a loan forgiveness program:
(1) for medical residents agreeing to practice in designated rural areas or underserved
urban communities or specializing in the area of pediatric psychiatry;
(2) for midlevel practitioners agreeing to practice in designated rural areas or to teach
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postsecondary programnew text begin at the undergraduate level or the equivalent at the graduate levelnew text end ;
(3) for nurses who agree to practice in a Minnesota nursing home or intermediate
care facility for persons with developmental disability or to teach deleted text begin fordeleted text end at least deleted text begin 20 hoursdeleted text end new text begin 12
credit hours, or 720 hours new text end per deleted text begin weekdeleted text end new text begin yearnew text end in the nursing field in a postsecondary programnew text begin at
the undergraduate level or the equivalent at the graduate levelnew text end ;
(4) for other health care technicians agreeing to teach deleted text begin fordeleted text end at least deleted text begin 20 hoursdeleted text end new text begin 12 credit
hours, or 720 hoursnew text end per deleted text begin weekdeleted text end new text begin yearnew text end in their designated field in a postsecondary programnew text begin
at the undergraduate level or the equivalent at the graduate levelnew text end . The commissioner, in
consultation with the Healthcare Education-Industry Partnership, shall determine the
health care fields where the need is the greatest, including, but not limited to, respiratory
therapy, clinical laboratory technology, radiologic technology, and surgical technology;
(5) for pharmacists who agree to practice in designated rural areas; and
(6) for dentists agreeing to deliver at least 25 percent of the dentist's yearly patient
encounters to state public program enrollees or patients receiving sliding fee schedule
discounts through a formal sliding fee schedule meeting the standards established by
the United States Department of Health and Human Services under Code of Federal
Regulations, title 42, section 51, chapter 303.
(b) Appropriations made to the account do not cancel and are available until
expended, except that at the end of each biennium, any remaining balance in the account
that is not committed by contract and not needed to fulfill existing commitments shall
cancel to the fund.