Bill Text: DE HB294 | 2023-2024 | 152nd General Assembly | Draft

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Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Health Care Commission Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-04-17 - Not Worked in Committee [HB294 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2023-HB294-Draft.html

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SPONSOR:	Rep. Hilovsky & Sen. Pettyjohn
Reps. Bolden, Collins, Hensley, K. Johnson, Parker Selby, Yearick; Sens. Hocker, Wilson

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 294

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH CARE COMMISSION HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 9903, Title 16 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 9903. Duties and authority of the Commission.

(j) The Commission shall be responsible for the administration of a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program (HCPLRP). The HCPLRP must be administered consistent with all of the following guidelines:

(4) The award of health care provider loan repayment grants must be limited to the recruitment and retention of new primary care and dental providers in ambulatory and outpatient settings. For purposes of this paragraph (j)(4), a new primary care and dental provider means any of the following providers who have completed graduate education within 2 years of the application for a health care provider loan repayment grant being submitted:

a. Physicians practicing family medicine (including osteopathic general practice), internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics/ gynecology, geriatrics, and psychiatry.

b. Nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, licensed psychologists, licensed professional counselors of mental health, masters of psychology, licensed clinical social workers, and physician assistants practicing adult medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry/mental health, geriatrics, and women’s health.

c. Dental clinicians possessing a DDS or DMD and practicing general, pediatric, or public health dentistry.

d. Optometrists.

SYNOPSIS

This bill adds optometrists to those health care providers eligible for the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program.