Establishes the Healthcare Worker Loan Relief Program to provide student loan repayment and rural dental practice grants.
The bill establishes the Healthcare Worker Loan Relief Program to provide student loan repayment and rural dental practice grants. The program is administered by the University of Kentucky through the Center of Excellence in Rural Health. Dentists practicing in counties without an actively practicing dentist are eligible for additional loan repayment. The program includes a Rural Dental Fellows Network to retain dental professionals. The bill also increases reimbursement rates for dental services delivered to Medicaid beneficiaries in federally designated health professional shortage areas.
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