South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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H. 4483

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Ballentine and Howard
Document Path: l:\council\bills\cc\15162vr18.docx

Introduced in the House on January 9, 2018
Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Summary: Physicians selected as participants in student loan repayment program

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/13/2017  House   Prefiled
  12/13/2017  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
    1/9/2018  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 126)
    1/9/2018  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 126)
   2/21/2018  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Howard
   2/22/2018  House   Recalled from Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 52)
   2/22/2018  House   Committed to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 52)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/13/2017

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-200, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PHYSICIANS SELECTED AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM OF THE DIVISION ON AGING, SO AS TO CHANGE CERTAIN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 43-21-200(C) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(C)(1)    A physician accepted for the program shall execute a contract with the division in which the physician agrees:

(a)    to practice in this State for no fewer than five consecutive years immediately following completion of his or her fellowship;

(b)    to accept Medicare and Medicaid patients;

(c)    to accept reimbursement or contractual binding rates; and

(d)    not to discriminate against patients based on the ability to pay.

(2)    Upon execution of the contract, the division shall reimburse student loan payments made by the physician during the last completed calendar quarter. No more than four two physicians a year may participate in the program unless sufficient funding is available to reimburse, in accordance with this section, more than four two physicians a year. The total amount that may be reimbursed to one physician is thirty-five one hundred thousand dollars multiplied by the number of years of the fellowship completed, prorated for periods less than one year."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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