2013 Indiana Code TITLE 16. HEALTH ARTICLE 46. STATE HEALTH GRANTS AND PROGRAMS CHAPTER 5. INDIANA HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FUND
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IC 16-46-5
Chapter 5. Indiana Health Care Professional Recruitment and
Retention Fund
IC 16-46-5-1
Community or migrant health center
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "community or migrant health
center" means a nonprofit corporation that:
(1) provides primary health care services to indigent persons on
a sliding fee scale basis; and
(2) is consumer governed.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29.
IC 16-46-5-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)
IC 16-46-5-3
Fund
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the Indiana health
care professional recruitment and retention fund.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.2.
IC 16-46-5-4
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)
IC 16-46-5-5
Maternal and child health clinic
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "maternal and child health clinic"
means a clinic that provides quality, comprehensive prenatal, child
health, or family services to a person who would otherwise be unable
to obtain these services due to financial or geographic barriers.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29.
IC 16-46-5-6
Shortage area
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "shortage area" means a county,
city, town, census tract, or township designated by the state
department as underserved by health care professionals under section
7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.3.
IC 16-46-5-7
Designation of areas underserved by health care professionals
Sec. 7. The state department shall annually adopt the federal
designation of the counties, cities, towns, census tracts, and
townships in Indiana that are underserved by specific types of health
care professionals as determined by the state department. The state
department shall rank these areas according to the degree each area
is underserved by health care professionals.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.4.
IC 16-46-5-8
Establishment and use of fund
Sec. 8. (a) The Indiana health care professional recruitment and
retention fund is established. The purpose of the fund is to provide
loan repayment for student loans incurred by health care
professionals to encourage the delivery of health care in shortage
areas. The state department shall administer the fund.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Appropriations by the general assembly.
(2) Repayments by loan recipients from the Indiana medical and
nursing distribution loan fund under IC 25-22.5-9 (repealed July
1, 1987).
(3) Gifts to the fund.
(4) Grants from public or private sources.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
revert to the state general fund.
(e) The fund shall be used to do the following:
(1) Provide loan repayment under this chapter.
(2) Pay the costs incurred by the state department in
administering this chapter.
The administrative costs paid from the fund under subdivision (2)
may not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per year.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.5;
P.L.122-2012, SEC.8.
IC 16-46-5-9
Health care professional eligible for loan repayment
Sec. 9. In order to be eligible for loan repayment for student loans,
a health care professional must meet all of the following conditions:
(1) Hold an unlimited license to practice a health care
profession in Indiana that has been declared by the state
department to be eligible for loan repayment in a specified
fiscal year.
(2) Practice in a shortage area in a health care profession that
has been declared eligible by the state department for loan
repayment in a specified fiscal year.
(3) Either:
(A) enter into an agreement with the state department; or
(B) provide the state department with a copy of an
agreement that the health professional has entered into with
a provider in a shortage area;
to practice in the shortage area for at least one (1) year.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.6;
P.L.122-2012, SEC.9.
IC 16-46-5-10
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)
IC 16-46-5-11
Application forms
Sec. 11. A health care professional must apply for a loan
repayment on an application form supplied by the state department.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.7.
IC 16-46-5-12
Determination of eligibility and extent of shortages
Sec. 12. The state department shall consider each application and
determine the following:
(1) The eligibility of the applicant for the program under which
the application is submitted.
(2) The extent to which the shortage area or eligible entity
located in a shortage area is underserved, according to the rank
given the shortage area under section 7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.8.
IC 16-46-5-13
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)
IC 16-46-5-13.5
Annual loan repayment for student grants
Sec. 13.5. The state department may award an annual loan
repayment in an amount not greater than the documented amount of
the student loans incurred by a health care professional.
As added by P.L.72-2001, SEC.9.
IC 16-46-5-14
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)
IC 16-46-5-15
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)
IC 16-46-5-16
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)
IC 16-46-5-17
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)
IC 16-46-5-18
Annual reports
Sec. 18. The state department shall file an annual report with the
governor and the general assembly on the following:
(1) The receipt, disbursement, and use of funds.
(2) The identification of shortage areas.
(3) The number of applications for loan repayment by the
following categories:
(A) Profession.
(B) Specialty.
(C) Underserved area to be served.
(4) The number and amount of loan repayments provided by the
state department.
A report filed under this section with the general assembly must be
in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.10;
P.L.28-2004, SEC.141.
IC 16-46-5-19
Rules
Sec. 19. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2
necessary to carry out this chapter.
(b) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
ensure that a loan repayment provided under this chapter complies
with federal law and regulations.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.122-2012,
SEC.10.
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