SPONSOR: Bland Manlove
Currently, the Health Professional Student Loan Repayment Program includes physicians, dentists, and chiropractors. This bill expands the Program to also include psychologists, professional counselors, clinical social workers, and marital and family therapists.
The Department must designate areas of defined need for mental health services where additional services are needed to improve the patient-health professional ratio in the area.
Mental health professional students will be liable for any amounts paid on their behalf if they fail to pursue clinical experience required for licensure or fail to become licensed within one year of completing the requirements necessary for licensure.
This bill is similar to HB 889 (2023)and HB 283 (2021).
Statutes affected: