HB20 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve McMillan
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2018
Title: Physician Initiative, phase in provision of 100 scholarships per year, scholarships for students who commit to practice family medicine in underserved areas of state, AL. Medical Education Consortium to administer, Dept. of Public Health to fund
Description: This bill would establish the Alabama Physician Initiative.
This bill would provide scholarships for certain medical students who are enrolled in and attending any college of medicine in Alabama and who contract with the Alabama Medical Education Consortium to practice for five years after the completion of their residency in rural areas of the state with the greatest need for physicians with funds allocated through the State Department of Public Health.
Subjects: Physician Initiative

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education