S.B. 111
         HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDMENTS

senate floor Amendments

Amendment 1 February 5, 2009 11:56 am



Senator Gene Davis proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 11 :    

             11      Utah Health Code to include loan repayment assistance to geriatric professionals
  who practice in an underserved area       .


2.    Page 1, Lines 18 through 19 :    

             18          .    provides for loan repayment assistance, within funds appropriated by the Legislature
             19      for this purpose, to geriatric professionals
  who practice in an underserved area       ;


3.    Page 3, Lines 65 through 66
    Senate Committee Amendments
    1-30-2009 :
    

             65          (b) loan repayment assistance to geriatric professionals
  who locate or continue to practice in underserved areas       S. [, regardless of whether the

             66      geriatric professionals provide services in underserved areas
] .S .

4.    Page 3, Lines 73 through 77
    Senate Committee Amendments
    1-30-2009 :
    

             73          (d) service conditions, which at a minimum shall include
{   :

             74          (i) except for a geriatric professional,  
}
professional service in an underserved area for a
             75      minimum period of time by any person receiving a scholarship or loan repayment assistance;
{   or

             76          (ii) for a geriatric professional, service in geriatrics for a minimum period of time by
             77      any person receiving a scholarship or loan repayment assistance;  
}


5.    Page 4, Lines 102 through 108 :    

             102          (1) There is created the Utah Health Care Workforce Financial Assistance Program
             103      Advisory Committee consisting of the following [11] 13 members appointed by the executive
             104      director,
{   seven   }        eight       of whom shall be residents of rural communities:

             105          (a) one rural representative of Utah Hospitals and Health Systems, nominated by the
             106      association;


             107          (b)
{   one   }        two       rural      {   representative   }        representatives       of the Utah Medical Association, nominated by the

             108      association;

6.    Page 5, Lines 124 through 132 :    

             124          (k) one nursing administrator, nominated by the Utah Nurses Association[.];
  and      

             125          
{   (l) one geriatrician, nominated by the association; and   }

             126          (m) one
{   person, described in Subsection 26-46-101 (1)(a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi)   }        geriatric professional       who

             127      is:
             128          (i) determined by the department to have adequate advanced training in geriatrics to
             129      prepare the person to provide specialized geriatric care within the scope of the person's
             130      profession; and
             131          (ii) nominated by a professional association for the profession of which the person is a
             132      member.


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