| Passed by the Senate April 22, 2013 YEAS 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 12, 2013 YEAS 73 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5615 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. HUNTER G. GOODMAN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 20, 2013, 2:41 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 20, 2013 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/22/13.
AN ACT Relating to the health professional loan repayment and scholarship program; and amending RCW 28B.115.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 28B.115.030 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 11 s 205 are each
amended to read as follows:
The health professional loan repayment and scholarship program is
established for credentialed health professionals and residents serving
in health professional shortage areas. The program shall be
administered by the office. In administering this program, the office
shall:
(1) Select credentialed health care professionals and residents to
participate in the loan repayment portion of the loan repayment and
scholarship program and select eligible students to participate in the
scholarship portion of the loan repayment and scholarship program;
(2) Adopt rules and develop guidelines to administer the program;
(3) Collect and manage repayments from participants who do not meet
their service obligations under this chapter;
(4) Publicize the program, particularly to maximize participation
among individuals in shortage areas and among populations expected to
experience the greatest growth in the workforce;
(5) Solicit and accept grants and donations from public and private
sources for the program;
(6) Use a competitive procurement to contract with a fund-raiser to
solicit and accept grants and donations from private sources for the
program. The fund-raiser shall be paid on a contingency fee basis on
a sliding scale but must not exceed fifteen percent of the total amount
raised for the program each year. The fund-raiser shall not be a
registered state lobbyist; and
(((6))) (7) Develop criteria for a contract for service in lieu of
the service obligation where appropriate, that may be a combination of
service and payment.