Bill Text: MI HB5770 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Higher education; financial aid; scholarships and grants for certain primary care health professionals and students; provide for. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding pt. 27A. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5771'12, HB 5772'12, HB 5773'12
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-08-15 - Printed Bill Filed 07/19/2012 [HB5770 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5770-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5770
July 18, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Ananich, McBroom and Foster 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 part 27A.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 27A
Sec. 2751. (1) This part shall be known and may be cited as
the "frontline health provider program".
(2) As used in this part:
(a) "Cost of attendance" means that term as defined in 20 USC
1087ll.
(b) "Critical needs areas" means all of the following:
(i) Health professional shortage areas in this state. As used
in this subparagraph, "health professional shortage area" means
that term as defined in 42 USC 254e.
(ii) Other areas of the state designated by the department as
critical needs areas, in consultation with the Michigan area health
education center established under 42 USC 294a.
(c) "Designated frontline health practice" means providing
primary care to patients while engaged in any of the following:
(i) The practice of medicine, as defined in section 17001, by a
physician licensed under part 170, or the practice of osteopathic
medicine and surgery, as defined in section 17501, by a physician
licensed under part 175, in any of the following specialty fields:
(A) Family medicine.
(B) Internal medicine.
(C) Obstetrics.
(D) Gynecology.
(E) Pediatrics.
(ii) The practice of podiatric medicine and surgery, as defined
in section 18001, by a podiatrist licensed under part 180.
(iii) The practice of dentistry, as defined in section 16601, by
a dentist licensed under part 166.
(iv) The practice of optometry, as defined in section 17401, by
an optometrist licensed under part 174.
(d) "Designated health professional" means any of the
following:
(i) A physician licensed under part 170 or 175.
(ii) A podiatrist licensed under part 180.
(iii) A dentist licensed under part 166.
(iv) An optometrist licensed under part 174.
(e) "Fund" means the frontline health provider program fund
created in section 2763.
(f) "Qualified education loan" means indebtedness incurred by
a student to pay his or her cost of attendance of a qualified
school.
(g) "Qualified school" means any of the following, if approved
by the department:
(i) A medical school.
(ii) A podiatric medical school.
(iii) A school of dental medicine.
(iv) A school of optometry.
(h) "Qualified state school" means a qualified school that is
operated by a university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article
VIII of the state constitution of 1963.
Sec. 2753. The frontline health provider program is created,
to be administered by the department. The department shall do all
of the following:
(a) Award scholarships to eligible students under section
2757.
(b) Award grants under section 2759 to eligible designated
health professionals to repay all or part of their state and
federal qualified education loans.
(c) Develop a scholarship agreement to be entered into by the
scholarship recipient and the department that contains the terms of
a scholarship made under section 2757 and the rights and
obligations of the scholarship recipient and the department.
(d) Develop a grant agreement to be entered into by the
recipient of a grant under section 2759 and the department that
contains the terms of the grant made under section 2759 and the
rights and obligations of the grant recipient and the department.
(e) Collect repayment of scholarships if required under
section 2757 and repayment of grants if required under section
2759.
(f) Conduct periodic audits of scholarship and grant
recipients to ensure compliance with the terms of the scholarship
or grant agreement and take necessary steps to enforce the terms of
those agreements.
(g) Promulgate any rules it considers necessary to implement
and administer this part under the administrative procedures act of
1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
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. 5772(request no.
05279'12).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5771(request no.
05990'12).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5773(request no.
05991'12).
