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Senate bill would offer cancelable loans to veterinarians serving shelter medicine
Summary
Senate Bill 20 would create a service-cancelable loan program to encourage veterinarians to work in shelter medicine and nonprofit spay/neuter clinics, offering $25,000 per year for up to three years and limiting initial awards subject to appropriations.
Senator Kirkpatrick introduced Senate Bill 20, saying the measure would provide service-cancelable loans to veterinarians who commit to practicing in shelter medicine or nonprofit pet sterilization clinics for three years.
"This bill is an attempt to help with the shortage of veterinarians practicing in shelter medicine and nonprofit pet sterilization clinics around the state," Senator Kirkpatrick said. She told the committee the awards would be "consistent with other service cancelable loans at $25,000 per year of service after time served up to 3 years with a total of 4 awards the first year subject to appropriations."
The bill aims to address a reported backlog of spay/neuter procedures that, Kirkpatrick said, has increased wait times to two to four months and…
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