HB922
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the physician recruitment and retention program to provide loan repayment to eligible medical students; define terms; specify the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority may provide awards to eligible students; require 10 years of qualified medical service; require repayment if services are not rendered; specify that failure to meet repayment obligations may be cause for revocation of a medical license at the discretion of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.
Introduced: March 4, 2026
Last action: March 11, 2026
Plain-language summary
This bill would create a program in Kentucky to help pay back medical school loans for eligible students who commit to practicing medicine in the state for at least 10 years. The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority would oversee the awards, and students who do not complete the required service would have to repay the assistance. Doctors who fail to meet repayment obligations could have their medical license revoked. Who it may affect: medical students, early-career physicians, and communities that rely on recruiting and keeping doctors in Kentucky.
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