{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-211.165","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 211.165","heading":"Program for repayment of educational loans for primary health -care","body":"professionals who agree to serve in federally designated health professional\nshortage areas.\nThe Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a loan repayment program to\nrepay educational loans for primary health -care professionals who agree to serve in\nfederally designated health professional shortage areas. The program shall:\n(1) Apply for federal funds for the program under the Public Health Service Act (42\nU.S.C. sec. 254g-1);\n(2) Make payments of qualifying educational loans of health professionals agreeing to\nprovide primary health services in federally designated health professional shortage\nareas;\n(3) Assign health professionals only to public and private nonprofit entities;\n(4) Enter into contracts with participants with remedies for breach of contract by the\nhealth professional; and\n(5) Make available nonfederal contributions towards contracts with individual health\nprofessionals in an amount not less than one dollar ( $1) for each one dollar ($1) of\nfederal funds provided. In meeting this matching fund requirement, the state shall\nprovide fifty percent (50%) of the state's share from state funds, and the remaining\nfifty percent (50%) shall be provided from local governm ents or other community -\nbased resources from the area in which the health professional will be serving.","path":["KRS Chapter 211"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8354","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:12Z","sha256":"383da31d48e670a82e0025b74496a15bc7e8759a39eb2c2cab54b7bc3cc04b6c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-211.160","next":"us-ky/krs-211.170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}