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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3491 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2205 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Mindy Domb |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act expanding loan repayment assistance for primary care physicians. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3491 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2205 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Domb of Amherst, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2205) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Mindy Domb relative to loan repayment assistance for primary care physicians. Mental Health, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Substance Use and Recovery. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act expanding loan repayment assistance for primary care physicians. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, primary care |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2physicians shall be eligible for the loan repayment assistance program established in item 1599- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 32026 of chapter 102 of the Acts of 2021, provided that primary care physicians shall include, but |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4not be limited to, family physicians, internal medicine physicians, pediatricians, obstetricians and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5gynecologists; and provided further, that to be eligible for loan forgiveness, primary care |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6physicians shall: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (a) work in a practice setting with a significant public payor patient population as |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8determined by the department of public health; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (b) have outstanding educational debt; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 (c) not participate in any other loan repayment program; and 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 (d) be required to enter into a contract with the commonwealth for not less than 4 years; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12provided further, that the amounts of assistance per individual shall be pro-rated for individuals |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13working on a part-time basis. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 SECTION 2. The executive office of health and human services shall promulgate |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15regulations to implement the provisions of section 1 of this act no later than 3 months after the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16effective date of this act. |
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