Session of 2023
HOUSE BILL No. 2260
By Committee on Health and Human Services
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AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the medical student
loan program; loan agreements for mental healthcare; increasing the
number of loan agreements that may be provided; prohibiting
impediments to students switching between residency training
programs; amending K.S.A. 76-382 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 76-382 is hereby amended to read as follows: 76-
382. (a) There is hereby established the medical student loan program at
the university of Kansas school of medicine.
(b) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, the university of
Kansas school of medicine may make medical student loans in accordance
with the provisions of this the medical student loan act to undergraduate
students enrolled in or admitted to the university of Kansas school of
medicine in a course of instruction leading to the degree of doctor of
medicine who enter into a written medical student loan agreement with the
university of Kansas school of medicine in accordance with K.S.A. 76-
383, and amendments thereto.
(c) Each medical student loan agreement under this the medical
student loan act shall provide to the person receiving the loan the payment
of all tuition and a stipend for living expenses in an amount of up to
$2,000 per month for each month enrolled in such school during a year.
Subject to the maximum amount, the amount of the monthly stipend shall
be determined on an annual basis by the student receiving the loan.
(d) Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts, medical student
loan agreements under this the medical student loan act may be entered
into on an annual basis and shall provide the payment of the amounts
specified under subsection (c) for one year unless otherwise terminated
before such period of time. Subject to the provisions of appropriation acts,
an undergraduate student enrolled in or admitted to the university of
Kansas school of medicine in a course of instruction leading to the degree
of doctor of medicine may receive a separate loan under this the medical
student loan act for each separate year the student enters into a written
medical student loan agreement with the university of Kansas school of
medicine in accordance with K.S.A. 76-383, and amendments thereto.
Loans may be awarded retroactively for any academic year that a student
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has completed successfully at the university of Kansas medical school, but
for which a loan had not previously been awarded. Retroactive loans shall
be in an amount equal to the amount of tuition paid by the student, plus a
stipend in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of the stipend for
such academic year multiplied by the number of months for which the
student was enrolled at the medical school during such year. For each
separate year a student receives a loan under this the medical student loan
act, the student shall engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
surgery in an appropriate service commitment area for a period of 12
months unless such obligation is otherwise satisfied as provided in K.S.A.
76-386, and amendments thereto.
(e) Medical student loans shall be awarded on a priority basis as
follows,: First, to qualified applicants who are Kansas residents at the time
of entry into the university of Kansas school of medicine,; and second, to
qualified applicants who are not Kansas residents at the time of entry into
the university of Kansas school of medicine. As used in this subsection,
"Kansas residents" means persons who meet the residence requirements
established in K.S.A. 76-729, and amendments thereto.
(f) Subject to appropriations, the university of Kansas school of
medicine shall enter into medical student loan agreements with six up to
12 individuals who commit to satisfy obligations to engage in the full-time
practice of medicine and surgery in a service commitment area by:
(1) Serving as a full-time faculty member of the university of Kansas
school of medicine in general psychiatry or child psychiatry pursuant to
K.S.A. 76-384(c), and amendments thereto; or
(2) performing at least 100 hours per month of on-site mental health
care healthcare pursuant to K.S.A. 76-384(d), and amendments thereto.
(g) For any student who has entered into a medical student loan
agreement pursuant to the medical student loan act, the university of
Kansas school of medicine shall not prohibit or otherwise create any
substantial impediment to such student switching between approved
postgraduate residency training programs.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 76-382 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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