Delaware General Assembly

Signed 8/10/21

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

1/7/21

Bentz

Sen. Poore, S. McBride
Reps. Shupe, Bush, Minor-Brown

Sen. Hansen, Lawson, Lopez, Paradee, Pettyjohn, Pinkney, Sokola, Sturgeon, Townsend
Reps. Baumbach, Brady, Briggs King, Dorsey Walker, Griffith, Heffernan, K. Johnson, Lambert, Longhurst, Lynn, Morrison, Postles, Ramone, D. Short, Michael Smith, Wilson-Anton, Yearick

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE HEALTH CARE COMMISSION.

This Act establishes a Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program for new primary care providers to be administered by the Delaware Health Care Commission. Under the loan repayment program, the Health Care Commission may award education loan repayment grants to new primary care providers of up to $50,000 per year for a maximum of 4 years. Priority consideration may be given to DIMER-participating students and participants in Delaware based residency programs. Sites eligible to apply for grants on behalf of their new primary care providers must be located in underserved areas or areas of need and must accept Medicare and Medicaid participants. Grants to hospital sites must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the applicant hospital and the disbursement of grants from the program is contingent upon an initial, one-time contribution to the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program, in an amount Fiscal Year 21 appropriation of State funds up to a maximum of $1 million, from Delaware health insurers. This Act also provides that the Delaware Healthcare Commission may award Health Care Provider Repayment grants on a prorated annual basis.

83:121

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8/10/21

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