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Committee advances tax credit to compensate medical, PA, NP and dental preceptors
Summary
House Bill 144 would expand and extend a $1,000 monthly tax credit for clinicians who host medical students, physician assistants and nurse practitioners on hands‑on rotations, add dentists to the program, extend the sunset to 2030 and set a $6 million cap.
Representative Newton presented House Bill 144 (LC 501006), which continues and expands an existing tax credit for clinicians who accept clinical rotations from medical students, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. The presenter said the state faces provider shortages and that hands‑on preceptorships in community settings are important to training and recruiting practitioners to non‑metro areas.
Key provisions described in the committee: a $1,000 per month tax credit per rotation (up to 10 rotations per preceptor), extension of the program's sunset to 2030, inclusion of dentists, and a $6,000,000 annual cap. The presenter said the credit offsets administrative burdens on practices that accept students — introducing them, provisioning electronic‑records access and taking time to supervise. "This thousand dollar tax credit is kind of the state's way to to say thank you," the presenter said.
Committee members asked about scale and participation. A staff member reported 18,000 rotations completed in the last year and that 1,884 preceptors qualified under the program during the past year, with 45,624 registered preceptors on file. The committee approved a motion to advance the bill by voice vote, with two recorded no votes during a final voice tally; the chair reported the bill carried.
