Indiana Senate Bill 249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Senator Stoops added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program. Establishes a psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program to be used to provide student loan forgiveness payments to qualified psychiatrists who are residents of Indiana and practice psychiatric medicine in rural areas in Indiana. Provides that the commission for higher education shall, in coordination with the Indiana professional licensing agency and the medical licensing board of Indiana, administer the program. Establishes the psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program fund.

Psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program. Establishes a psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program to be used to provide student loan forgiveness payments to qualified psychiatrists who are residents of Indiana and practice psychiatric medicine in rural areas in Indiana. Provides that the commission for higher education shall, in coordination with the Indiana professional licensing agency and the medical licensing board of Indiana, administer the program. Establishes the psychiatrist student loan forgiveness program fund.

Sen. Jon Ford [R]

Sen. Mark Stoops [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Senator Stoops added as coauthor
2019-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2019-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Ford Jon

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/249/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/1/0/f/810f3f0e/SB0249.01.INTR.pdf