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Missouri bill would expand health‑professional loan‑repayment eligibility to draw down more federal funds
Summary
A House committee heard testimony on House Bill 720, which would change state definitions in Missouri’s health professional loan‑repayment program to match federal guidelines, potentially enabling up to about $575,000 in additional federal funding and broadening which professions may qualify.
Representative Dane Deel (sponsor) introduced House Bill 720 to the House Committee on Health and Mental Health, saying the bill would align Missouri’s loan‑repayment definitions with federal guidelines to allow more health professions to qualify.
Ben Terrell, legislative liaison for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, told the committee the change would let the state “pull down more federal dollars” by adding professions not currently enumerated in state statute. “This will increase that by up to $575,000,” Terrell said, describing the change as “making the pie bigger, not smaller.”
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