| 1 | 1 | | 86R11918 MM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa, Flores S.B. No. 998 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the physician education loan repayment program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 61.538(a) and (c), Education Code, are |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) A physician may receive repayment assistance under this |
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| 12 | 12 | | subchapter in the amount determined by board rule, not to exceed the |
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| 13 | 13 | | following amounts for each year for which the physician establishes |
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| 14 | 14 | | eligibility for the assistance: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) for the first year, $30,000 [$25,000]; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) for the second year, $40,000 [$35,000]; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (3) for the third year, $50,000 [$45,000]; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (4) for the fourth year, $60,000 [$55,000]. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) The total amount of repayment assistance made under this |
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| 20 | 20 | | subchapter to an individual physician may not exceed $180,000 |
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| 21 | 21 | | [$160,000]. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 23 | 23 | | 61.538, Education Code, applies only to a person who first |
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| 24 | 24 | | establishes eligibility for loan repayment assistance under |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subchapter J, Chapter 61, Education Code, as amended by this Act, on |
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| 26 | 26 | | the basis of an application submitted on or after September 1, 2019. |
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| 27 | 27 | | A person who first establishes eligibility on the basis of an |
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| 28 | 28 | | application submitted before September 1, 2019, is governed by the |
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| 29 | 29 | | law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the |
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| 30 | 30 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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