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JFAC moves to restore rural nursing loan-repayment funding after rollout gap
Summary
Committee action addressed a rollout gap in the rural nursing loan repayment program created in 2023, approving a supplemental and ongoing appropriation after an initial transfer motion failed in one committee.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on March 12 addressed funding shortfalls in the rural nursing loan repayment program created by House Bill 213 (2023).
Frances Lippitt, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee that the program was designed as a five-year initiative with initial funding of $250,000 transferred at creation. Lippitt said a subsequent cash transfer for year two was not completed, leaving the program without authority to make year-two awards.
Representative Furness moved an initial action to transfer $2,250,000 from the…
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