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H. 4127
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Ballentine and Cobb-Hunter
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Introduced in the House on February 27, 2019
Introduced in the Senate on April 9, 2019
Last Amended on April 4, 2019
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
Summary: Aging Depts Physician Student Loan Payment Program
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/27/2019 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 63) 2/27/2019 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means (House Journal-page 63) 3/26/2019 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cobb-Hunter 3/27/2019 House Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means (House Journal-page 35) 4/2/2019 House Debate adjourned until Wed., 4-3-19 (House Journal-page 45) 4/4/2019 House Amended (House Journal-page 71) 4/4/2019 House Read second time (House Journal-page 71) 4/4/2019 House Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-4 (House Journal-page 71) 4/4/2019 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day (House Journal-page 72) 4/5/2019 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 7) 4/9/2019 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 14) 4/9/2019 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 14) 2/6/2020 Senate Recalled from Committee on Medical Affairs (Senate Journal-page 3) 2/6/2020 Senate Committed to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services (Senate Journal-page 3)
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AMENDED
April 4, 2019
H. 4127
S. Printed 4/4/19--H.
Read the first time February 27, 2019.
TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-200, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT ON AGING'S PHYSICIAN STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM, SO AS TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM'S ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 43-21-200(C)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) Upon execution of the contract, the department shall reimburse student loan payments made by the physician during the last completed calendar quarter. No more than four two physicians a year may participate in the program unless sufficient funding is available to reimburse, in accordance with this section, more than four two physicians a year. The total amount that may be reimbursed to one physician is thirty-five one hundred thousand dollars multiplied by the number of years of the fellowship completed, prorated for periods less than one year."
SECTION 2. Section 43-21-200 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:
"( ) The department shall not accept physicians into the State Loan Repayment Program established pursuant to this section after December 31, 2024."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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