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Committee advances veterinary loan-forgiveness pilot but flags fiscal and drafting issues
Summary
House Bill 860 would create a veterinary student loan/forgiveness program to place veterinarians in underserved areas; the committee advanced the bill with small technical amendments but identified mismatches between appropriation language and forgiveness terms and asked sponsors to refine language and add a sunset or caps.
Representative Ranon Gregg presented House Bill 860 as a pilot to recruit veterinarians to underserved Montana communities through loan support and service commitments, modeled on a Kansas program. Supporters said Montana needs more large-animal and rural veterinarians and the program would incentivize…
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