HSB 690

This bill relates to the inclusion of psychiatrists in the mental health professional loan repayment program.225 (mental health professional loan repayment program) to mean either a current nonprescribing individual who meets specified conditions, or an individual who is a psychiatrist who holds a current Iowa license. Under current law, the college student aid commission (commission) is to give priority under the program to mental health professionals who are residents of Iowa and, if requested by the adjutant general, to mental health professionals who are members of the national guard. _____ bill provides that if the mental health professional is a psychiatrist, the commission shall give priority to a psychiatrist who attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school or college of osteopathic medicine and surgery in Iowa, or who completed an accredited graduate medical education residency program in Iowa. The bill provides that the annual loan repayment amount for a psychiatrist under the bill is $50,000 for an eligible loan and the total amount of loan repayments from the commission to a psychiatrist under the program shall not exceed $200,000.