Bill Text: OR SB98 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon Senate Bill 98 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to primary care provider loan repayment program; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB98 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB98-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 342

                         Senate Bill 98

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for Oregon Health Authority)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Establishes primary care provider loan repayment program in
Oregon Health Authority. Requires authority to adopt rules for
eligibility and participation in program.
  Creates Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment Fund.
Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to authority for
purposes of program.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to primary care provider loan repayment program;
  appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) There is created in the Oregon Health
Authority the primary care provider loan repayment program for
the purpose of assisting primary care providers who have
committed to serving medical assistance recipients in rural or
medically underserved areas of the state.
  (2) The authority shall prescribe by rule:
  (a) Participant eligibility criteria, including the types of
primary care providers who may participate in the program;
  (b) The terms and conditions of participation in the program;
  (c) The types of loans for which payments may be provided;
  (d) The priority for distribution of funds available under
subsection (4) of this section if the funds are insufficient to
provide assistance to all of the applicants who are eligible to
participate in the program; and
  (e) Any other requirements necessary to ensure federal
financial participation in the costs of the program.
  (3) The authority may enter into contracts with one or more
public or private entities to administer the program or parts of
the program.
  (4) There is created the Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment
Fund in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned by the Primary Care Provider Loan
Repayment Fund is credited to the fund. The fund consists of
moneys appropriated from the General Fund and federal moneys
received for the purpose of operating the primary care provider
loan repayment program. Moneys in the Primary Care Provider Loan
Repayment Fund are continuously appropriated to the authority to
be used to implement and operate the primary care provider loan
repayment program. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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