PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 956 PRINTER'S NO. 2564
No. 882 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, J. TAYLOR, LAUGHLIN, BEBKO-JONES,
ROBINSON, SEYFERT, TIGUE, WILLIAMS, HENNESSEY, CURRY,
PETRARCA, STABACK, JOSEPHS, HORSEY, M. COHEN, WALKO,
YOUNGBLOOD, TANGRETTI, SAINATO, JAMES, WILT, HARHAI,
STEELMAN, RAMOS, CORRIGAN, LEDERER AND CALTAGIRONE,
MARCH 15, 1999
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
OCTOBER 26, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 2, 1992 (P.L.741, No.113), entitled
2 "An act providing a comprehensive plan for health care for
3 uninsured children; providing for medical education
4 assistance; making appropriations; and making repeals,"
5 further providing for loan forgiveness for primary health
6 care practitioners.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1303(d) of the act of December 2, 1992
10 (P.L.741, No.113), known as the Children's Health Care Act, is
11 amended to read:
12 Section 1303. Loan forgiveness for primary health care
13 practitioners.
14 * * *
15 (d) Eligibility.--Consideration for loan repayment
16 assistance shall be as follows:
17 (1) The applicant must be one of the following:
1 (i) An individual who:
2 (A) has a medical degree from an accredited
3 medical school or osteopathic medical college;
4 (B) has completed an approved graduate training
5 program in primary care medicine;
6 (C) is licensed to practice medicine in this
7 Commonwealth; and
8 (D) is board eligible in a primary care
9 specialty.
10 (ii) An individual who is licensed to practice
11 general dentistry in this Commonwealth.
12 (iii) An individual who holds a nursing degree from
13 an accredited nursing program and has completed a
14 training program for nurse practitioners or nurse
15 midwives.
16 (iv) An individual who has graduated from an
17 accredited program for physician assistants.
18 (v) An individual who is licensed to practice
19 podiatry in this Commonwealth.
20 (VI) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE <--
21 OPTOMETRY IN THIS COMMONWEALTH.
22 (2) An applicant who is qualified under paragraph (1)
23 must agree to serve in a designated medically underserved
24 area of this Commonwealth as a primary health care
25 practitioner for not less than three years.
26 * * *
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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