Sec. 501.156. STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE. (a) From funds appropriated for purposes of correctional managed health care, the committee may provide student loan repayment assistance for medical and mental health care physicians and other staff providing correctional managed health care. The repayment assistance may be applied to any student loan received through any lender for education at a public or accredited private institution of higher education in the United States, including loans for undergraduate, graduate, and medical education.
(b) The committee may adopt rules to implement this section, including rules governing eligibility for the loan repayment assistance and the terms of contracts between the committee and recipients of the loan repayment assistance. In adopting those rules, the committee shall consider the requirements of Subchapter J, Chapter 61, Education Code, and the rules of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopted under that subchapter.
(c) A physician may not receive loan repayment assistance under both this section and Subchapter J, Chapter 61, Education Code.
(d) Not later than December 1 of each state fiscal year, the committee shall submit a report to the Legislative Budget Board and the governor on the use of funds under this section for the preceding fiscal year.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (H.B. 1908), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subchapter E. Managed Health Care
Section 501.132. Application of Sunset Act
Section 501.133. Committee Membership
Section 501.134. Public Member Eligibility
Section 501.135. Membership and Employee Restrictions
Section 501.136. Appointment; Terms of Office; Vacancy
Section 501.137. Presiding Officer
Section 501.138. Grounds for Removal
Section 501.141. Compensation; Reimbursement
Section 501.142. Administration; Personnel
Section 501.143. Division of Responsibilities
Section 501.144. Qualifications and Standards of Conduct Information
Section 501.145. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Section 501.146. Managed Health Care Plan
Section 501.147. Powers and Duties of Department; Authority to Contract
Section 501.148. General Powers and Duties of Committee
Section 501.1485. Corrections Medication Aides
Section 501.149. Disease Management Services
Section 501.150. Quality of Care Monitoring by the Department and Health Care Providers
Section 501.152. Public Participation
Section 501.153. Alternative Dispute Resolution
Section 501.154. Use of Technology
Section 501.155. Availability of Correctional Health Care Information to the Public