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| 5 | 4 | | State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S4/4/23 1 |
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| 6 | 5 | | 94th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 6 | | Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1544 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative L. Johnson 5 |
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| 10 | 9 | | By: Senator B. Davis 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | 7 |
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| 12 | 11 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT CONCERNING TH E OSTEOPATHIC RURAL MEDICAL 9 |
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| 14 | 13 | | PRACTICE STUDENT LOA N AND SCHOLARSHIP PR OGRAM; TO 10 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AMEND THE APPOINTMEN T PROCESS FOR THE OS TEOPATHIC 11 |
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| 16 | 15 | | RURAL MEDICAL PRACTI CE STUDENT LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP 12 |
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| 17 | 16 | | BOARD; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13 |
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| 18 | 17 | | 14 |
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| 19 | 18 | | 15 |
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| 20 | 19 | | Subtitle 16 |
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| 21 | 20 | | TO AMEND THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE 17 |
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| 22 | 21 | | OSTEOPATHIC RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE 18 |
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| 23 | 22 | | STUDENT LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP BOARD. 19 |
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| 26 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 6-81-1803(a), concerning the composition of 24 |
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| 29 | 28 | | the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, is 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | amended to read as follows: 26 |
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| 31 | 30 | | (a)(1) There is established the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice 27 |
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| 32 | 31 | | Student Loan and Scholarship Board composed of that shall consist of six (6) 28 |
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| 33 | 32 | | members, which shall include : 29 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (A) One (1) representative of member who shall be 30 |
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| 35 | 34 | | appointed by the Governor after consultation with each medical school in 31 |
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| 36 | 35 | | Arkansas that is not the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; 32 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (B) One (1) representative of member who shall be 33 |
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| 38 | 37 | | appointed by the Governor after consultation with the Arkansas Osteopathic 34 |
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| 39 | 38 | | Medical Association, who shall serve as vice chair; 35 |
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| 40 | 39 | | (C) Two (2) physician members appointed by the Governor 36 As Engrossed: S4/4/23 HB1544 |
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| 45 | 44 | | after consultation with the Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association, giving 1 |
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| 46 | 45 | | preference to physicians who have received osteopathic rural medical practice 2 |
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| 47 | 46 | | loans, community match loans, or income incentives; and 3 |
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| 48 | 47 | | (D) Two (2) representatives appointed by the Governor 4 |
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| 49 | 48 | | after consultation with the Arkansas Hospital Association, Inc. 5 |
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| 50 | 49 | | (2) Members of the board shall: 6 |
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| 51 | 50 | | (A) Serve a term of three (3) years; and 7 |
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| 52 | 51 | | (B) Not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. 8 |
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| 53 | 52 | | (3) Except as provided under subsection (c) o f this section, 9 |
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| 54 | 53 | | members of the board shall serve without compensation. 10 |
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| 55 | 54 | | (4) Vacancies shall be filled in a similar manner as provided 11 |
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| 56 | 55 | | under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section. 12 |
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| 57 | 56 | | 13 |
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| 58 | 57 | | /s/L. Johnson 14 |
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