AN ACT relating to medical school loan repayment.

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

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This bill would create a program to help repay medical school loans for eligible students who commit to practicing medicine in Kentucky for at least 10 years. It is designed to encourage doctors to stay and work in the state. Students who receive the benefit but do not fulfill the service requirement would have to repay the funds, and could risk losing their medical license. Who it may affect: medical students and physicians, as well as Kentuckians in communities that may benefit from increased access to doctors.

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