Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06557 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 2669 1 of 2
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5	5	General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6557
6	6	January Session, 2025
7	7	LCO No. 2669
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10	10	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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13	13	Introduced by:
14	14	REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.
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18	18	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS
19	19	PROGRAM AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVE
20	20	PROGRAM FOR LICENSED ATHLETIC TRAINERS.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to establish (1) a 1
25	25	licensed athletic trainer student loan forgiveness program to forgive (A) 2
26	26	up to twenty-five thousand dollars of graduate school loans for each 3
27	27	athletic trainer who (i) is not participating in another state or federal 4
28	28	loan forgiveness or loan reimbursement program at the graduate level, 5
29	29	(ii) obtains and maintains licensure as an athletic trainer by the 6
30	30	Department of Public Health, and (iii) agrees to work in the state for a 7
31	31	minimum of five years of full-time work or a minimum of eight years of 8
32	32	part-time work as an athletic trainer, and (B) up to thirty-five thousand 9
33	33	dollars of graduate school loans for each athletic trainer who (i) is not 10
34	34	participating in another state or federal loan forgiveness or loan 11
35	35	reimbursement program at the graduate level, (ii) obtains and maintains 12
36	36	licensure as an athletic trainer by the Department of Public Health, and 13
37	37	(iii) agrees to work in the state for a minimum of five years of full-time 14
38	38	work or a minimum of eight years of part-time work as an athletic 15 Proposed Bill No. 6557
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41	41	LCO No. 2669 2 of 2
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43	43	trainer working in a rural or other underserved areas, and (2) a 16
44	44	recruitment and retention incentive program that (A) reduces licensure 17
45	45	fees, (B) provides scholarship funding to increase recruitment to athletic 18
46	46	training graduate programs, (C) provides grants of not more than thirty 19
47	47	thousand dollars disbursed over a four-year period for athletic trainers 20
48	48	that relocate to the state, (D) provides grants of not more than forty 21
49	49	thousand dollars disbursed over a four-year period for athletic trainers 22
50	50	that relocate to the state and practice in rural and underserved areas, (E) 23
51	51	develop recommendations for the number of athletic trainers that 24
52	52	should be employed at a work place based on the number of physically 25
53	53	active individuals participating in physical activity at such work place, 26
54	54	and (F) establishes a grant fund for an athletic training organization 27
55	55	located in the state that represents the athletic training profession within 28
56	56	the state to provide mentorship opportunities for recently licensed 29
57	57	athletic trainers and stakeholder education to enhance recruitment and 30
58	58	retention of students and professionals. 31
59	59	Statement of Purpose:
60	60	To establish retention and recruitment incentives for athletic trainers to
61	61	address the shortage of athletic trainers in the state.