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Committee advances rural health loan-repayment grant bill with dental amendment
Summary
House Bill 157, creating a Department of Health-administered rural health grant program to repay education debt for eligible practitioners, was reported out of committee after an amendment added dentists and dental hygienists to eligibility.
House Bill 157, which would create a rural health grant program administered by the Department of Health to help eligible rural hospitals, rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers and birth centers repay education debt for certain practitioners, was reported affirmatively by the House Health Committee after adoption of an amendment to expand eligible professions.
Committee staff member Mike summarized the bill: "House bill 157 ... will create the health care grant, rural health care grant program to be administered by the Department of…
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