SB 948 (2019) -  Student Loans and Scholarship Obligations of Health Care Practitioners

General Bill by Cruz
Student Loans and Scholarship Obligations of Health Care Practitioners: Establishing that a health care practitioner’s failure to repay a student loan or to comply with service scholarship obligations does not constitute grounds for disciplinary action; removing a civil fine; removing the requirement that the Department of Health investigate and prosecute health care practitioners for failing to repay a student loan or to comply with scholarship service obligations, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2019
Last Event: 05/03/19 S Died in Health Policy on Friday, May 3, 2019 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 991 Subject: Keep Our Graduates Working Act Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 1090 Subject: Keep Our Graduates Working Act Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Health Policy Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 106 Time: 03/05/2019 - 8:20 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 106 Time: 02/19/2019 - 9:53 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/11/2019 - 5:18 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
456.072 SB 206, HB 733, CS/CS/CS/HB 821, SB 896, HB 991, CS/SB 1052, SB 1090, CS/CS/HB 1171, HB 1317, SB 1790
456.0721 HB 991, SB 1090