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Committee hears bill to expand medical education funding, add residents to loan-repayment eligibility
Summary
Senate Bill 130 would broaden who qualifies for state medical-education reimbursements and add final-year residents and fellows as eligible for service-cancellable loan repayment programs; sponsors said no immediate new appropriation is requested and the committee agreed to take amendments and return for further consideration.
Senator Hodges presented Senate Bill 130 to expand the state's medical-education funding and the eligibility rules for the Georgia Board of Healthcare Workforce's service-cancellable loan programs.
"The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of health care providers in Georgia," Senator Hodges told the committee, adding the measure would expand program eligibility in two ways: broader institutional eligibility for resident reimbursement and allowing final-year residents and fellows to apply for loan-repayment awards.
Nut graf: Sponsors told the committee the bill is intended to help place new providers in underserved counties by letting…
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