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JFAC splits on rural nursing loan repayment; supplemental transfer fails, later funding approved
Summary
Committee members debated funding for the rural nursing loan repayment program (House Bill 213). An initial motion to transfer $2.25 million failed; the committee later approved a one‑time $375,000 supplemental and an ongoing $625,000 appropriation from the rural nursing repayment fund.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee took multiple votes Wednesday on the rural nursing loan repayment program established in House Bill 213 (2023), ultimately approving a scaled funding path after an initial motion failed.
Frances Lippitt, budget and policy analyst with legislative services, summarized that the program is a five‑year rollout originally funded with a $250,000 cash transfer for year one; the committee was asked to transfer the remaining $2,250,000 from the general…
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