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1	1	Session of 2023
2	2	HOUSE BILL No. 2260
3	3	By Committee on Health and Human Services
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5	5	AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the medical student
6	6	loan program; loan agreements for mental healthcare; increasing the
7	7	number of loan agreements that may be provided; prohibiting
8	8	impediments to students switching between residency training
9	9	programs; amending K.S.A. 76-382 and repealing the existing section.
10	10	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
11	11	Section 1. K.S.A. 76-382 is hereby amended to read as follows: 76-
12	12	382. (a) There is hereby established the medical student loan program at
13	13	the university of Kansas school of medicine.
14	14	(b) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, the university of
15	15	Kansas school of medicine may make medical student loans in accordance
16	16	with the provisions of this the medical student loan act to undergraduate
17	17	students enrolled in or admitted to the university of Kansas school of
18	18	medicine in a course of instruction leading to the degree of doctor of
19	19	medicine who enter into a written medical student loan agreement with the
20	20	university of Kansas school of medicine in accordance with K.S.A. 76-
21	21	383, and amendments thereto.
22	22	(c) Each medical student loan agreement under this the medical
23	23	student loan act shall provide to the person receiving the loan the payment
24	24	of all tuition and a stipend for living expenses in an amount of up to
25	25	$2,000 per month for each month enrolled in such school during a year.
26	26	Subject to the maximum amount, the amount of the monthly stipend shall
27	27	be determined on an annual basis by the student receiving the loan.
28	28	(d) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, medical student
29	29	loan agreements under this the medical student loan act may be entered
30	30	into on an annual basis and shall provide the payment of the amounts
31	31	specified under subsection (c) for one year unless otherwise terminated
32	32	before such period of time. Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts,
33	33	an undergraduate student enrolled in or admitted to the university of
34	34	Kansas school of medicine in a course of instruction leading to the degree
35	35	of doctor of medicine may receive a separate loan under this the medical
36	36	student loan act for each separate year the student enters into a written
37	37	medical student loan agreement with the university of Kansas school of
38	38	medicine in accordance with K.S.A. 76-383, and amendments thereto.
39	39	Loans may be awarded retroactively for any academic year that a student
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76	76	has completed successfully at the university of Kansas medical school, but
77	77	for which a loan had not previously been awarded. Retroactive loans shall
78	78	be in an amount equal to the amount of tuition paid by the student, plus a
79	79	stipend in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of the stipend for
80	80	such academic year multiplied by the number of months for which the
81	81	student was enrolled at the medical school during such year. For each
82	82	separate year a student receives a loan under this the medical student loan
83	83	act, the student shall engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
84	84	surgery in an appropriate service commitment area for a period of 12
85	85	months unless such obligation is otherwise satisfied as provided in K.S.A.
86	86	76-386, and amendments thereto.
87	87	(e) Medical student loans shall be awarded on a priority basis as
88	88	follows,: First, to qualified applicants who are Kansas residents at the time
89	89	of entry into the university of Kansas school of medicine,; and second, to
90	90	qualified applicants who are not Kansas residents at the time of entry into
91	91	the university of Kansas school of medicine. As used in this subsection,
92	92	"Kansas residents" means persons who meet the residence requirements
93	93	established in K.S.A. 76-729, and amendments thereto.
94	94	(f) Subject to appropriations, the university of Kansas school of
95	95	medicine shall enter into medical student loan agreements with six up to
96	96	12 individuals who commit to satisfy obligations to engage in the full-time
97	97	practice of medicine and surgery in a service commitment area by:
98	98	(1) Serving as a full-time faculty member of the university of Kansas
99	99	school of medicine in general psychiatry or child psychiatry pursuant to
100	100	K.S.A. 76-384(c), and amendments thereto; or
101	101	(2) performing at least 100 hours per month of on-site mental health
102	102	care healthcare pursuant to K.S.A. 76-384(d), and amendments thereto.
103	103	(g) For any student who has entered into a medical student loan
104	104	agreement pursuant to the medical student loan act, the university of
105	105	Kansas school of medicine shall not prohibit or otherwise create any
106	106	substantial impediment to such student switching between approved
107	107	postgraduate residency training programs.
108	108	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 76-382 is hereby repealed.
109	109	Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
110	110	publication in the statute book.
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