IN HB1552 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-29 - Representative Riecken added as coauthor
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-29 - Representative Riecken added as coauthor
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Mental health services loan forgiveness program. Provides that the purpose of the mental health and addiction services loan forgiveness program is to increase the availability of mental health services (including addiction health services) in underserved shortage areas in Indiana and to increase the number of professional mental health care providers (including addiction health care professionals) in health professional shortage areas in Indiana by assisting professionals working in designated mental health care occupations to pay off loans incurred in the training needed to practice in Indiana. Appropriates $500,000 for both the 2015 and 2016 state fiscal years to the mental health
Title
Mental health services loan forgiveness program. Provides that the purpose of the mental health and addiction services loan forgiveness program is to increase the availability of mental health services (including addiction health services) in underserved shortage areas in Indiana and to increase the number of professional mental health care providers (including addiction health care professionals) in health professional shortage areas in Indiana by assisting professionals working in designated mental health care occupations to pay off loans incurred in the training needed to practice in Indiana. Appropriates $500,000 for both the 2015 and 2016 state fiscal years to the mental health
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-01-29 | House | Representative Riecken added as coauthor |
2015-01-20 | House | First Reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means |
2015-01-20 | House | Coauthored by Representatives Davisson and Clere |
2015-01-20 | House | Authored by Representative Kirchhofer |
Indiana State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1552/details |
Text | http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/4/7/f/747fc9b7/HB1552.01.INTR.pdf |