Texas Statutes
Subchapter K. Repayment of Certain Mental Health Professional Education Loans
Section 61.603. Eligibility

Sec. 61.603. ELIGIBILITY. (a) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance under this subchapter, a mental health professional must:
(1) apply to the board;
(2) have completed one, two, three, four, or five consecutive years of practice in a mental health professional shortage area designated by the Department of State Health Services; and
(3) provide mental health services in this state to:
(A) recipients under the medical assistance program authorized by Chapter 32, Human Resources Code;
(B) enrollees under the child health plan program authorized by Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; or
(C) persons committed to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or persons confined in a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
(b) In addition to satisfying the requirements under Subsection (a), for a licensed physician to be eligible to receive repayment assistance under this subchapter after the physician's third consecutive year of practice described under Subsection (a)(2), the physician must be certified in psychiatry by:
(1) the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; or
(2) the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (S.B. 239), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

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