1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; appropriating money to the health professional education loan 
1.3 	forgiveness program for loan forgiveness for physicians and midlevel practitioners.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LOAN 
1.6 	FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
 1.7 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from 
1.8 	the general fund to the commissioner of health for the health professional education loan 
1.9 	forgiveness program under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501. Notwithstanding the 
1.10 	priorities and distribution requirements for loan forgiveness in Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.11 	144.1501, subdivision 4, these appropriations must be used for loan forgiveness for eligible 
1.12 	physicians, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501, subdivision 1, paragraph 
1.13 	(n), and eligible midlevel practitioners, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1501, 
1.14 	subdivision 1, paragraph (i).