House File 2461 H-8048 Amend House File 2461 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 2 < Section 1. Section 261.113, subsection 5, paragraph a, 3 Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 4 a. The amount of loan repayment an eligible student who 5 enters into an agreement pursuant to subsection 3 shall receive 6 if in compliance with obligations under the agreement shall not 7 exceed be forty thousand dollars annually for an eligible loan 8 if the total loan amount equals or exceeds two hundred thousand 9 dollars . Payments under this section may be made for each year 10 of eligible practice during a period of five consecutive years 11 and shall not exceed a total of two hundred thousand dollars. 12 If the total amount of an eligible student’s eligible loan 13 upon graduation is less than two hundred thousand dollars, 14 the commission shall divide the total amount of the eligible 15 student’s eligible loan by five to determine the annual amount 16 of loan repayment the loan recipient is eligible to receive. > 17 2. Page 1, after line 19 by inserting: 18 < Sec. ___. Section 261.115, Code 2020, is amended by adding 19 the following new subsection: 20 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. A loan repayment recipient who 21 refinances an eligible loan by obtaining a private educational 22 loan may continue to receive loan repayment under this section. 23 Sec. ___. Section 261.115, subsection 3, Code 2020, is 24 amended to read as follows: 25 3. A health care professional recruitment fund is created in 26 the state treasury as a separate fund under the control of the 27 commission for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received 28 by the commission for use under the program. Notwithstanding 29 section 8.33 , any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal 30 year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but 31 shall remain in the fund and be continuously available for loan 32 forgiveness repayment under the program. Notwithstanding 33 section 12C.7, subsection 2 , interest or earnings on moneys 34 deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund. 35 -1- HF2461.3373 (3) 88 (amending this HF 2461 to CONFORM to SF 2118) kh/jh 1/ 2 #1. #2.
Sec. ___. Section 261.116, Code 2020, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 4A. Refinanced loans. A loan repayment 3 recipient who refinances a qualified student loan by obtaining 4 a private educational loan may continue to receive loan 5 repayment under this section if the amount of loan repayment 6 does not exceed the lesser of the amount specified in 7 subsection 4 or the balance of the loan repayment amount 8 the loan repayment recipient qualified to receive with the 9 qualified student loan. 10 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 11 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 12 Sec. ___. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 13 retroactively to January 1, 2019, for recipients of loan 14 repayment under sections 261.113, 261.115, and 261.116. > 15 3. Title page, line 1, by striking < eligible > and inserting 16 < student > 17 4. Title page, line 2, by striking < program > and inserting 18 < program, the health care professional recruitment program, and 19 the health care loan repayment program, and including effective 20 date and retroactive applicability provisions > 21 5. By renumbering as necessary. 22 ______________________________ DOLECHECK of Ringgold -2- HF2461.3373 (3) 88 (amending this HF 2461 to CONFORM to SF 2118) kh/jh 2/ 2 #3. #4. #5.