CS/SB 66 (2020) -  Student Loans and Scholarship Obligations of Health Care Practitioners

by Health Policy and Cruz
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; removing the requirement, and related provisions, that the department immediately suspend the licenses of certain health care practitioners for failing to provide within a specified timeframe proof of new payment terms for student loans in default, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2020
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 115 (Ch. 2020-125), CS/CS/CS/HB 713 (Ch. 2020-133), CS/HB 1193 (Ch. 2020-160) on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 11/05/19 10:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 9   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
  • Appropriations

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Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 11/6/2019 9:14:30 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 11/4/2019 9:46:26 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 115 (Ch. 2020-125), CS/CS/CS/HB 713 (Ch. 2020-133), CS/HB 1193 (Ch. 2020-160) Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 120 Time: 01/14/2020 - 7:54 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 9 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Time: 11/06/2019 - 11:13 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 11/06/2019 - 9:48 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 133 Time: 11/05/2019 - 12:15 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/05/19, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 10/28/2019 - 3:59 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations -SJ 9 Time: 08/16/2019 - 10:11 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 08/02/2019 - 9:40 AM Member: Committee: Version: __