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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 802 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 253 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 802 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT ESTABLISHING A LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FOR | |
| 19 | 19 | HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK IN A RURAL OR | |
| 20 | 20 | OTHER UNDERSERVED AREA OR IN A FIELD WITH A WORKFORCE | |
| 21 | 21 | SHORTAGE. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended to establish a loan forgiveness 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | program that forgives up to fifty thousand dollars of graduate school 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | loans for health care professionals who (1) are not participating in 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | another state or federal loan forgiveness or loan reimbursement 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | program, (2) obtain and maintain licensure as a health care professional 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | by the Department of Public Health, and (3) agree to work in the state 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | for a minimum of four years of full-time work or a minimum of eight 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | years of part-time work as a health care professional in a rural or other 8 | |
| 33 | 33 | underserved area or in a health care field with a workforce shortage. 9 | |
| 34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 35 | 35 | To address the shortage of health care professionals in the state. |