Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB665 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 665
5	5	November 13, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SAPIK, KURTZ, OLDENBURG,
6	6	DITTRICH, TUSLER, SUMMERFIELD, PLUMER, NOVAK, SNYDER, PENTERMAN,
7	7	VANDERMEER, CALLAHAN, MELOTIK, DONOVAN and ZIMMERMAN, cosponsored by
8	8	Senators TESTIN, FEYEN and WIRCH. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging
9	9	and Long-Term Care.
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11	11	AN ACT to amend 39.465 (title), 39.465 (1) (a), 39.465 (1) (d), 39.465 (2), 39.465
12	12	(3) (a), 39.465 (3) (b) and 39.465 (4); and to create 39.465 (1) (b) and 39.465 (1)
13	13	(e) of the statutes; relating to: scholarships for Marquette University School
14	14	of Dentistry students who practice in dental health shortage areas.
15	15	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
16	16	This bill modifies a scholarship awarded by the Higher Educational Aids Board
17	17	so that it applies to students enrolled in the Marquette University School of
18	18	Dentistry (MUSD).
19	19	Current law requires HEAB, in consultation with the Department of Health
20	20	Services, to establish a scholarship program for state residents who enter into an
21	21	agreement with HEAB to practice in a health shortage area in this state upon
22	22	graduation (eligible student). HEAB may award an annual scholarship for each year
23	23	of an eligible student's enrollment, up to four years, and the eligible student must
24	24	agree to practice in a health shortage area for 18 months for each annual scholarship
25	25	the student receives. If the student fails to meet this obligation, the student must
26	26	repay the scholarships based on a specified calculation.
27	27	This bill makes changes to the program so that it applies only to students
28	28	enrolled in MUSD who agree to practice dentistry in a dental health shortage area
29	29	for 18 months for each annual scholarship received. The bill defines a “dental health
30	30	shortage area” as an area that is federally designated as having a shortage of dental
31	31	professionals, not including the counties of Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and
32	32	Waukesha. Under the bill, HEAB may award to no more than 15 MUSD students
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39	39	an annual scholarship of $30,000 per year for up to four years. A student who fails
40	40	to meet his or her obligation to practice in a dental health shortage area for the
41	41	requisite period must repay the scholarships in the manner required under current
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43	43	The bill also requires HEAB to provide MUSD $350,000 annually for the
44	44	development and operation of programs to support the recruitment and training of
45	45	students in rural dentistry.
46	46	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
47	47	an appendix to this bill.
48	48	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
49	49	enact as follows:
50	50	SECTION 1. 39.465 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
51	51	39.465 (title) Scholarship Dentistry scholarship program.
52	52	SECTION 2. 39.465 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
53	53	39.465 (1) (a) “Actual practice total” is the total number of months that a
54	54	student upon graduation practices dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this
55	55	state. For purposes of this paragraph, a fraction of a month is counted as one month.
56	56	SECTION 3. 39.465 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
57	57	39.465 (1) (b) “Dental health shortage area” has the meaning given in s. 36.60
58	58	(1) (ad), except that “dental health shortage area” does not include an area in the
59	59	county of Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, or Waukesha.
60	60	SECTION 4. 39.465 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
61	61	39.465 (1) (d) “Required practice total” means the total number of months a
62	62	student upon graduation is required under sub. (3) to practice dentistry in a dental
63	63	health shortage area in this state.
64	64	SECTION 5. 39.465 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
65	65	39.465 (1) (e) “School” means the Marquette University School of Dentistry.
66	66	SECTION 6. 39.465 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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88	88	39.465 (2) SCHOLARSHIPS. In consultation with the department of health
89	89	services, the board shall establish a program for awarding to no more than 15
90	90	students at the school an annual scholarship, including a stipend, equal to $30,000
91	91	for each year of a student's enrollment but not exceeding 4 years. The board shall
92	92	pay the scholarships from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg). From
93	93	the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (dg), the board shall also provide the
94	94	school $350,000 annually for the development and operation of programs to support
95	95	the recruitment and training of students in rural dentistry.
96	96	SECTION 7. 39.465 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
97	97	39.465 (3) (a) A student is not eligible for a scholarship under the program
98	98	established under sub. (2) unless he or she is a resident of the state and enters into
99	99	an agreement with the board in which he or she agrees upon graduation to practice
100	100	dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state for a period equal to 18 months
101	101	multiplied by the number of annual scholarships the board awards to the student
102	102	under the program.
103	103	SECTION 8. 39.465 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
104	104	39.465 (3) (b) An agreement under par. (a) shall specify that if a student fails
105	105	to practice dentistry in a dental health shortage area in this state for the period
106	106	required under par. (a), he or she is liable to the state for an amount equal to the total
107	107	dollar amount of annual scholarships awarded to the student multiplied by the
108	108	student's repayment liability percentage.
109	109	SECTION 9. 39.465 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
110	110	39.465 (4) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY. The In cooperation with the school, the board
111	111	shall make every effort to ensure that students who are awarded scholarships under
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138	138	the program established under sub. (2) practice dentistry upon graduation in
139	139	geographically diverse dental health shortage areas in this state.
140	140	SECTION 10.0Initial applicability.
141	141	(1) This act first applies to scholarships awarded in the 2024-25 academic year.
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