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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Kernan
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
01/27/06
02/02/06 HB
SHORT TITLE Health Professional Loan Program Award Amount SB 284
ANALYST Williams
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$1,280.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates House Bill 259
Relates to Appropriations in the General Appropriation Act for Student Financial Aid program at
Higher Education Department
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Department of Health (DOH)
Health Policy Commission (HPC)
Higher Education Department (HED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Endorsed by the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee.
Senate Bill 284 appropriates $1.28 million from the general fund to the Higher Education De-
partment to expand the health professional loan repayment program to “encourage greater par-
ticipation in the program and increase the number of health professionals serving in rural areas of
the state.”