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SB253 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated May 16, 2022

Summary

Co-Sponsor
Jim McClendon
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Optometric Scholarship Awards Board, meetings conducted remotely, scholarship program expanded to include loans and revise program parameters, Secs. 34-22-60 to 34-22-65, inclusive, am'd.
Description

Under existing law, the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards establishes scholarships to provide for and further optometric training in pursuit of an optometric degree.

This bill would allow the board to conduct meetings remotely.

This bill would expand the scholarship program to include loans and would establish the Alabama Optometric Service Program, allowing for repayment of loans through approved service in underserved areas of the state.

This bill would require the board to periodically calculate and report the Optometric Shortage Index.

This bill would also facilitate repayment of loans and expand remedies in the event of a breach of loan repayment obligations.

Subjects
Optometric Scholarship Awards, Board of

Bill Actions

S

Indefinitely Postponed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature