AB40: Bill Text

AB40, s. 1038 Section 1038. 36.60 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 37.60 (3) (a).

AB40, s. 1039 Section 1039. 36.60 (4m) of the statutes is renumbered 37.60 (4m).

AB40, s. 1040 Section 1040. 36.60 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,511,12 36.60 (5) (b) 1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for medical care in the eligible practice area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which a physician desires to practice and the degree to which there is an extremely high need for dental care in the dental health shortage area or rural area in which a dentist desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1041 Section 1041. 36.60 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,511,17 36.60 (5) (b) 2. The likelihood that a physician will remain in the eligible practice area, health professional shortage area, or rural area, and that a dentist will remain in the dental health shortage area or rural area, in which he or she desires to practice after the loan repayment period.

AB40, s. 1042 Section 1042. 36.60 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,511,21 36.60 (5) (b) 3. The per capita income of the eligible practice area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which a physician desires to practice and of the dental health shortage area or rural area in which a dentist desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1043 Section 1043. 36.60 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,512,3 36.60 (5) (b) 4. The financial or other support for physician recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations, or local governments in the eligible practice area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which a physician desires to practice and for dentist recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations, or local governments in the dental health shortage area or rural area in which a dentist desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1044 Section 1044. 36.60 (5) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,512,9 36.60 (5) (b) 5. The geographic distribution of the physicians and dentists who have entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic distribution of the eligible practice areas, health professional shortage areas, dental health shortage areas, and rural areas in which the eligible applicants desire to practice.

AB40, s. 1045 Section 1045. 36.60 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,512,13 36.60 (5) (d) An agreement under sub. (3) does not create a right of action against the state on the part of the physician, dentist , or lending institution for failure to make the payments specified in the agreement.

AB40, s. 1046 Section 1046. 36.60 (6m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,512,17 36.60 (6m) (a) (intro.) The board shall, by rule, establish penalties to be assessed by the board against physicians and dentists who breach agreements entered into under sub. (3). The rules shall do all of the following:

AB40, s. 1047 Section 1047. 36.60 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,512,21 36.60 (8) (b) Identify eligible practice areas and rural areas with an extremely high need for medical care and dental health shortage areas and rural areas with an extremely high need for dental care.

AB40, s. 1048 Section 1048. 36.60 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,512,24 36.60 (8) (d) Publicize the program under this section to physicians, dentists, and eligible communities.

AB40, s. 1049 Section 1049. 36.60 (8) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,513,2 36.60 (8) (e) Assist physicians and dentists who are interested in applying for the program under this section.

AB40, s. 1050 Section 1050. 36.60 (8) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,513,5 36.60 (8) (f) Assist communities in obtaining physicians' and dentists' services through the program under this section.

AB40, s. 1051 Section 1051. 36.60 (8) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,513,9 36.60 (8) (h) Notwithstanding subs. (3) (b) and (5) (a) and (b), ensure that moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (qj) are used under this section only to repay loans on behalf of physicians and dentists who agree to practice in a rural area.

AB40, s. 1052 Section 1052. 36.60 (9) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,513,17 36.60 (9) Expanded loan assistance program. (intro.) The board may agree to repay loans as provided under this section on behalf of a physician or dentist under an expanded physician and dentist loan assistance program that is funded through federal funds in addition to state matching funds. To be eligible for loan repayment under the expanded physician and dentist loan assistance program, a physician or dentist must fulfill all of the requirements for loan repayment under this section, as well as all of the following:

AB40, s. 1053 Section 1053. 36.60 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,513,19 36.60 (9) (a) The physician or dentist must be a U.S. citizen.

AB40, s. 1054 Section 1054. 36.60 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,513,22 36.60 (9) (b) The physician or dentist may not have a judgment lien against his or her property for a debt to the United States.

AB40, s. 1055 Section 1055. 36.60 (9) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,513,25 36.60 (9) (c) (intro.) The physician or dentist must agree to do all of the following:

AB40, s. 1056 Section 1056. 36.60 (9) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,514,5 36.60 (9) (c) 2. Use a sliding fee scale or a comparable method of determining payment arrangements for patients who are not eligible for medicare or medical assistance and who are unable to pay the customary fee for the physician's or dentist's services.

AB40, s. 1057 Section 1057. 36.60 (9) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,514,9 36.60 (9) (c) 3. Practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area, if a physician, or in a dental health shortage area, if a dentist.

AB40, s. 1058 Section 1058. 36.61 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,514,12 36.61 (title) Health care provider Dental hygienist loan assistance program.

AB40, s. 1059 Section 1059. 36.61 (1) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 37.61 (1) (am) and amended to read:

AB40,514,18 37.61 (1) (am) "Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area, an American Indian reservation, or trust lands of an American Indian tribe, except that with respect to a dental hygienist "eligible practice area" means a dental health shortage area.

AB40, s. 1060 Section 1060. 36.61 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 37.61 (1) (b) and amended to read:

AB40,514,22 37.61 (1) (b) "Health care provider" means a dental hygienist, physician assistant, nurse-midwife, or nurse practitioner.

AB40, s. 1061 Section 1061. 36.61 (1) (bp) of the statutes is renumbered 37.61 (1) (bp) and amended to read:

AB40,515,2 37.61 (1) (bp) "Health professional shortage area" has the meaning given in s. 36.60 37.60 (1) (aj).

AB40, s. 1062 Section 1062. 36.61 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 37.61 (1) (d) and amended to read:

AB40,515,6 37.61 (1) (d) "Primary care shortage area" has the meaning given in s. 36.60 37.60 (1) (cm).

AB40, s. 1063 Section 1063. 36.61 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,515,8 36.61 (1) (e) "Rural area" has the meaning given in s. 36.63 37.63 (1) (c).

AB40, s. 1064 Section 1064. 36.61 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,515,14 36.61 (2) Eligibility. The board may repay, on behalf of a health care provider dental hygienist, up to $25,000 in educational loans obtained by the health care provider dental hygienist from a public or private lending institution for education related to the health care provider's field of practice of dental hygiene, as determined by the board with the advice of the council.

AB40, s. 1065 Section 1065. 36.61 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,515,22 36.61 (3) (a) The board shall enter into a written agreement with the health care provider dental hygienist. In the agreement, the health care provider dental hygienist shall agree to practice at least 32 clinic hours per week for 3 years in one or more eligible practice dental health shortage areas in this state or in a rural area, except that a health care provider in the expanded loan assistance program under sub. (8) who is not a dental hygienist may only agree to practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area.

AB40, s. 1066 Section 1066. 36.61 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,4 36.61 (5) (b) 1. The degree to which there is an extremely high need for medical care in the eligible practice area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant who is not a dental hygienist desires to practice and the degree to which there is an extremely high need for dental care in the dental health shortage area or rural area in which an eligible applicant who is a dental hygienist desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1067 Section 1067. 36.61 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,8 36.61 (5) (b) 2. The likelihood that an eligible applicant will remain in the eligible practice dental health shortage area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which he or she desires to practice after the loan repayment period.

AB40, s. 1068 Section 1068. 36.61 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,12 36.61 (5) (b) 3. The per capita income of the eligible practice dental health shortage area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1069 Section 1069. 36.61 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,17 36.61 (5) (b) 4. The financial or other support for health care provider dental hygienist recruitment and retention provided by individuals, organizations or local governments in the eligible practice dental health shortage area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1070 Section 1070. 36.61 (5) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,516,23 36.61 (5) (b) 5. The geographic distribution of the health care providers dental hygienists who have entered into loan repayment agreements under this section and the geographic location of the eligible practice dental health shortage area, health professional shortage area, or rural area in which an eligible applicant desires to practice.

AB40, s. 1071 Section 1071. 36.61 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,3 36.61 (5) (c) An agreement under sub. (3) does not create a right of action against the state on the part of the health care provider dental hygienist or the lending institution for failure to make the payments specified in the agreement.

AB40, s. 1072 Section 1072. 36.61 (6m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,7 36.61 (6m) (a) (intro.) The board shall, by rule, establish penalties to be assessed by the board against health care providers dental hygienists who breach an agreement entered into under sub. (3) (a). The rules shall do all of the following:

AB40, s. 1073 Section 1073. 36.61 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,10 36.61 (7) (a) Identify communities with an extremely high need for health care, including dental health care.

AB40, s. 1074 Section 1074. 36.61 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,13 36.61 (7) (b) Publicize the program under this section to health care providers dental hygienists and eligible communities.

AB40, s. 1075 Section 1075. 36.61 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,16 36.61 (7) (c) Assist health care providers dental hygienists who are interested in applying for the program under this section.

AB40, s. 1076 Section 1076. 36.61 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,19 36.61 (7) (d) Assist communities in obtaining the services of health care providers dental hygienists through the program under this section.

AB40, s. 1077 Section 1077. 36.61 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,517,24 36.61 (7) (e) Notwithstanding subs. (3) (b) and (5) (a) and (b), ensure that moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (qj) are used under this section only to repay loans on behalf of health care providers dental hygienists who agree to practice in a rural area.

AB40, s. 1078 Section 1078. 36.61 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,8 36.61 (8) Expanded loan assistance program. (intro.) The board may agree to repay loans as provided under this section on behalf of a health care provider dental hygienist under an expanded health care provider dental hygienist loan assistance program that is funded through federal funds in addition to state matching funds. To be eligible for loan repayment under the expanded health care provider dental hygienist loan assistance program, a health care provider dental hygienist must fulfill all of the requirements for loan repayment under this section, as well as all of the following:

AB40, s. 1079 Section 1079. 36.61 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,10 36.61 (8) (a) The health care provider dental hygienist must be a U.S. citizen.

AB40, s. 1080 Section 1080. 36.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,13 36.61 (8) (b) The health care provider dental hygienist may not have a judgment lien against his or her property for a debt to the United States.

AB40, s. 1081 Section 1081. 36.61 (8) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,16 36.61 (8) (c) (intro.) The health care provider dental hygienist must agree to do all of the following:

AB40, s. 1082 Section 1082. 36.61 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,518,21 36.61 (8) (c) 2. Use a sliding fee scale or a comparable method of determining payment arrangements for patients who are not eligible for medicare or medical assistance and who are unable to pay the customary fee for the health care provider's dental hygienist's services.

AB40, s. 1083 Section 1083. 36.61 (8) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: