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2024 SESSION
24-2968.0
05/10
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT establishing a primary care provider loan repayment program.
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a primary care provider loan repayment program and fund in the department of health and human services and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2968.0
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT establishing a primary care provider loan repayment program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Department of Health and Human Services; Primary Care Provider Loan Assistance Program. Amend RSA 126-A by inserting after section 18-a the following new section:
126-A:18-b Primary Care Provider Loan Assistance Program.
I. The department of health and human services shall establish and administer a primary care provider loan assistance program. The program shall provide student loan repayment assistance to eligible primary care providers in New Hampshire. The program shall be administered by the department of health and human services as a separate program from the student loan repayment program.
II. The program shall be available to all primary care providers in New Hampshire not otherwise participating in the state office of rural health (SORH) loan repayment program. Program administration and eligibility criteria shall be similar to that of the SORH program except that it shall be open to all primary care providers in New Hampshire regardless of geographic area of practice or demographic factors.
III. There is established in the treasury a fund to be known as the primary care provider loan assistance fund. The fund shall include any sums appropriated for such purpose. In addition, the department of health and human services may accept public sector and private sector grants, gifts, or donations of any kind for the purpose of providing loan repayment assistance. The fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the department to award student loan repayment assistance in accordance with this section. The state treasurer may invest moneys in the fund as provided by law, with interest received on such investment credited to the fund.
III. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to program administration, including application procedures, eligibility criteria, and fund disbursement.
2 New Subparagraph; Dedicated Fund. Amend RSA 6:12, I(b) by inserting after subparagraph (394) the following new subparagraph:
(395) Moneys deposited in the primary care provider loan assistance fund under RSA 126-A:18-b.
3 Appropriation. For the biennium ending June 30, 2025, the sum of $1 is appropriated to the department of health and human services for deposit in the primary care provider loan assistance fund under RSA 126-A:18-b. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.