l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 768

Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; expand to include a loan repayment program for graduates who practice in rural areas.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-144-1, 37-144-3, 37-144-5, 37-144-7, 37-144-9, 37-144-11, 37-144-13, 37-144-15, 37-144-17, 37-144-19 AND 37-144-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL PHYSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR GRADUATES OF MEDICAL OR OSTEOPATHIC SCHOOL WHO WISH TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR REPAYMENT OF THEIR STATE AND FEDERAL MEDICAL EDUCATION LOANS BY PRACTICING MEDICINE IN RURAL OR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT A PARTICIPANT IN THE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR REPAYMENT OF THE PARTICIPANT'S STATE OR FEDERAL MEDICAL EDUCATION LOANS IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT MORE THAN $30,000.00 FOR EACH YEAR THAT THE PARTICIPANT PRACTICES MEDICINE IN A RURAL OR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA OF MISSISSIPPI, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $120,000.00 PER PARTICIPANT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PARTICIPANT WHO RECEIVES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM WHO FAILS TO COMPLETE THE PERIOD OF PRACTICE IN A RURAL OR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA OF MISSISSIPPI FOR WHICH THE PARTICIPANT HAS OBLIGATED HIMSELF OR HERSELF SHALL BE LIABLE FOR THE REPAYMENT OF ALL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO THE PARTICIPANT THROUGH THE PROGRAM, ALONG WITH OTHER PENALTIES THAT MAY BE PRESCRIBED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM SHALL BE FUNDED BY APPROPRIATION OF THE LEGISLATURE ONLY FROM THE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

De'Keither A. Stamps

Its course

January 17 to March 1, 2022, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action8 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 216 days

AppropriationsJan 17 to Feb 115 days

In the SenateFeb 2 to Mar 1 · stopped27 days

Universities and CollegesFeb 18 to Feb 246 days

AppropriationsFeb 24 to Mar 1 · stopped5 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 2

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 1Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  3. Feb 2Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 7 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 7Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 18Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  3. Feb 24Reported from UC to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 2AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 2Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 7Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 18Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  7. Feb 24DR - TSDP: UC To APSenate
  8. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate