SB227 Alabama 2016 Session
Bill Summary
This bill would create a loan-repayment program for advanced-practice nurses and would provide for the administration of the program by the Board of Nursing. This bill would authorize appropriations from the Education Trust Fund for the program and would provide for a state income tax credit for participants in the program.
To add a new Article 6 to Title 34, Chapter 21, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Board of Nursing; to create a Loan Repayment Program for Advanced-Practice Nursing; to establish and describe the program, to be run by the Board of Nursing; to state that the program shall be funded by direct appropriation from the Education Trust Fund; to provide definitions; to outline the procedure for the Board to award loans to applicants and to require loan repayment through work in medically underserved areas, called areas of critical need; to establish provisions for default or other failure to honor loan-repayment contracts between applicants and the Board; to provide a state income-tax credit for participants; and to further provide other requirements and powers of the Board for running the program.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 12, 2016 | H | Pending third reading on day 23 Favorable from Ways and Means Education with 1 amendment |
| April 12, 2016 | H | Ways and Means Education first Amendment Offered |
| April 12, 2016 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| March 21, 2016 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education |
| March 21, 2016 | S | Engrossed |
| March 21, 2016 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 473 |
| March 21, 2016 | S | Reed motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 472 |
| March 21, 2016 | S | Reed Amendment Offered |
| March 21, 2016 | S | Reed motion to Table adopted Voice Vote |
| March 21, 2016 | S | Finance and Taxation Education Amendment Offered |
| March 21, 2016 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| March 2, 2016 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| February 10, 2016 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB227 Alabama 2016 Session - Introduced |
Source: Alabama Legislature