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JFAC splits on rural nursing loan repayment funding; committee later approves year-two payments and ongoing appropriation
Summary
After an initial motion to transfer remaining general-fund cash into the dedicated rural nursing loan repayment fund failed, the committee later approved a one-time supplemental payment to cover year two and an ongoing appropriation to continue the program through its sunset.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on March 12 considered multiple actions tied to the rural nursing loan repayment fund established in House Bill 213 (2023). The program offers loan repayment assistance to nurses working in rural areas and is structured as a five-year program with a dedicated fund.
An initial committee motion to transfer $2,250,000 from the general fund into the dedicated rural nursing loan repayment fund and to establish base appropriations for the program failed to win a Senate committee majority and was not approved in joint committee (the committee recorded a split and sent the matter to the Senate for further action).
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