July 18, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Foster and McBroom and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding sections 2755 and 2757.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2755. The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Determine and designate the areas of the state that are
critical needs areas for primary health care in which scholarship
recipients may engage in a designated frontline health practice in
order to fulfill their contractual obligation.
(b) Determine and designate the areas of the state that are
critical needs areas for primary health care in which loan
repayment grant recipients may engage in a designated frontline
health practice in order to fulfill their contractual obligation.
(c) Determine the priority of additional primary health care
practioners who are eligible to participate in the loan repayment
grant program using any national health service corps matching
funds or other money other than money appropriated by the
legislature.
Sec. 2757. (1) The department may award a scholarship under
this section to an individual determined by the department to meet
all of the following eligibility criteria:
(a) Is enrolled in or been accepted into a qualified state
school.
(b) Has signed a written scholarship agreement with the
department that contains the terms and conditions of the
scholarship award. The agreement shall include the recipient's
agreement to engage in a designated frontline health practice for
at least 3 years after completion of his or her residency, or
graduation, as applicable, in an area of the state that is a
critical needs area for primary health care at the time of the
recipient's entry into the designated frontline health practice.
(c) Has resided continuously in this state for the 12 months
immediately preceding the date of his or her application and is not
a resident of any other state.
(d) Has not been convicted of a felony involving an assault,
physical injury, or death.
(e) Meets any other standards established in rules promulgated
by the department.
(2) A scholarship awarded by the department under this part
shall be in an amount that will pay the full cost of attendance at
the qualified state school in which the recipient is enrolled, as
determined by the department, for the entire time necessary for the
recipient to complete the requirements for a degree from that
school.
(3) If a scholarship recipient leaves a qualified state school
before graduation, leaves his or her residency before completion,
if applicable, or fails to engage in a designated frontline health
practice for a period of 3 years in a critical needs area for
primary health care designated in his or her scholarship agreement,
he or she must repay all of the scholarship money he or she
received under this section to the department. The amount he or she
is obligated to repay under this subsection is due and payable,
with interest at the rate established by the department under
section 2761, within 90 days.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5770(request no.
02833'11).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5772(request no.
05279'12).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5773(request no.
05991'12).