Amends the Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce Act to redefine shortage areas and expand eligibility for scholarships and loan repayments.
Amends the Underserved Health Care Provider Workforce Act to redefine "designated shortage area" to include medically underserved areas and health professional shortage areas. Expands the definition of "eligible student" to include those studying optometry in Illinois. Requires scholarship and loan repayment recipients to practice full-time in designated shortage areas as primary care physicians, general surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, obstetricians, optometrists, anesthesiologists, or chiropractic physicians for one year per scholarship year.
Included in complete analysis
- Overview
- Core Provisions
- Implementation
- Impact
- Legal Framework
- Critical Issues
See what it does, who it affects, and the critical issues in plain language. Free, 30 seconds.