IC 16-46-5
    Chapter 5. Indiana Health Care Professional Recruitment andRetention Fund

IC 16-46-5-1
Community or migrant health center
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "community or migrant healthcenter" means a nonprofit corporation that:
        (1) provides primary health care services to indigent persons ona sliding fee scale basis; and
        (2) is consumer governed.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29.

IC 16-46-5-2
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)

IC 16-46-5-3
Fund
    Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the Indiana healthcare professional recruitment and retention fund.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.2.

IC 16-46-5-4
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)

IC 16-46-5-5
Maternal and child health clinic
    Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "maternal and child health clinic"means a clinic that provides quality, comprehensive prenatal, childhealth, or family services to a person who would otherwise be unableto obtain these services due to financial or geographic barriers.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29.

IC 16-46-5-6
Shortage area
    Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "shortage area" means a county,city, town, census tract, or township designated by the statedepartment as underserved by health care professionals under section7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.3.

IC 16-46-5-7
Designation of areas underserved by health care professionals
    Sec. 7. The state department shall annually adopt the federaldesignation of the counties, cities, towns, census tracts, andtownships in Indiana that are underserved by specific types of healthcare professionals as determined by the state department. The statedepartment shall rank these areas according to the degree each area

is underserved by health care professionals.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.4.

IC 16-46-5-8
Establishment and use of fund
    Sec. 8. (a) The Indiana health care professional recruitment andretention fund is established. The purpose of the fund is to provideloan repayment for student loans incurred by health careprofessionals to encourage the full-time delivery of health care inshortage areas. The state department shall administer the fund.
    (b) The fund consists of the following:
        (1) Appropriations by the general assembly.
        (2) Repayments by loan recipients from the Indiana medical andnursing distribution loan fund under IC 25-22.5-9 (repealed July1, 1987).
        (3) Gifts to the fund.
        (4) Grants from public or private sources.
    (c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund notcurrently needed to meet the obligations of the fund.
    (d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does notrevert to the state general fund.
    (e) The fund shall be used to do the following:
        (1) Provide loan repayment under this chapter.
        (2) Pay the costs incurred by the state department inadministering this chapter.
The administrative costs paid from the fund under subdivision (2)may not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) per year.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.5.

IC 16-46-5-9
Health care professional eligible for loan repayment
    Sec. 9. In order to be eligible for loan repayment for student loans,a health care professional must meet all of the following conditions:
        (1) Hold an unlimited license to practice a health careprofession in Indiana that has been declared by the statedepartment to be eligible for loan repayment in a specifiedfiscal year.
        (2) Have either:
            (A) completed at least one (1) year of health careprofessional practice in a shortage area; or
            (B) worked at least one (1) year at a community or migranthealth center or maternal and child health clinic in a shortagearea.
        (3) Practice in a health care profession that has been declaredeligible by the state department for loan repayment in aspecified fiscal year.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.6.

IC 16-46-5-10
Repealed    (Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)

IC 16-46-5-11
Application forms
    Sec. 11. A health care professional must apply for a loanrepayment on an application form supplied by the state department.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.7.

IC 16-46-5-12
Determination of eligibility and extent of shortages
    Sec. 12. The state department shall consider each application anddetermine the following:
        (1) The eligibility of the applicant for the program under whichthe application is submitted.
        (2) The extent to which the shortage area or eligible entitylocated in a shortage area is underserved, according to the rankgiven the shortage area under section 7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.8.

IC 16-46-5-13
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)

IC 16-46-5-13.5
Annual loan repayment for student grants
    Sec. 13.5. The state department may award an annual loanrepayment in an amount not greater than the documented amount ofthe student loans incurred by a health care professional.
As added by P.L.72-2001, SEC.9.

IC 16-46-5-14
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)

IC 16-46-5-15
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)

IC 16-46-5-16
    (Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)

IC 16-46-5-17
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.)

IC 16-46-5-18
Annual reports
    Sec. 18. The state department shall file an annual report with thegovernor and the general assembly on the following:
        (1) The receipt, disbursement, and use of funds.        (2) The identification of shortage areas.
        (3) The number of applications for loan repayment by thefollowing categories:
            (A) Profession.
            (B) Specialty.
            (C) Underserved area to be served.
        (4) The number and amount of loan repayments provided by thestate department.
A report filed under this section with the general assembly must bein an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.10;P.L.28-2004, SEC.141.

IC 16-46-5-19
Rules
    Sec. 19. The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2necessary to carry out this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29.