Oklahoma § 70-625.13 - Community Match Rural Scholarship Incentive Program

§ 70-625.13. Community Match Rural Scholarship Incentive Program

A. There is hereby created the "Community Match Rural

Scholarship Incentive Program" which shall be conducted and

administered by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission. The

purpose of this program is to provide for the fair and necessary

distribution of funds allocated to it by the Legislature to provide

monies to the following programs under the Health Care Workforce

Training Commission:

1. The Community Matching Intern/Resident Program;

2. The Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan Scholarship

Program;

3. The Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan

Program, created pursuant to this section; and

4. The Family/General Practice Residency Grant Program, created

pursuant to this section.

The Health Care Workforce Training Commission is hereby

authorized to distribute such monies to the funds specified in

Sections 625.1, 625.4a and 697.18 of this title necessary to fund

the programs specified in this section.

B. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall

establish and administer a Family/General Practice Resident Rural

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Scholarship Loan Program for the purpose of assisting Oklahoma's

rural communities by providing financial assistance through a

scholarship loan forgiveness program to residents enrolled in an

accredited Family Practice or General Practice residency program.

The Commission shall establish the eligibility standards, the amount

of the loan not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per

month, the service obligation of the recipient of the loan, and any

penalties related to the breach of the service contract or failure

to repay such loan plus interest and penalty.

C. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall establish

and administer a Family/General Practice Residency Grant Program for

the purpose of assisting Oklahoma's rural communities by providing

financial assistance through a grant program to residents enrolled

in an accredited Family Practice or General Practice residency

program. The Commission shall establish the eligibility standards,

the amount of the grant not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars

($5,000.00) per year, up to three (3) years, the program obligations

of the recipient of the grant, and any penalties related to the

breach of the grant obligations or failure to repay the grant plus

interest.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 324, § 19, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by

Laws 2022, c. 407, § 14.

NOTE: In accordance with Article VI, Section 11, of the Oklahoma

Constitution, House Bill 2776 became law without the Governor's

signature. It was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State on May

27, 2022.