HB 998

Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants - Administration and Funding

Sponsor: Sheree Sample-Hughes (District 37A)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 402 (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Transferring oversight of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants from the Office of Student Financial Assistance within the Maryland Higher Education Commission to the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department to submit a certain annual report to the General Assembly; requiring the Comptroller to distribute $1,000,000 from the Board of Physicians Fund to the Program if the Governor does not include the funds in the State budget in fiscal year 2022; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list

FAV 16FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendments

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Coulbourn, Dr Sara	Family Medicine Specialist	Position only
FAV	Hafey, Elizabeth	Johns Hopkins University & Johns Hopkins Medicine	Written (PDF)
FAV	Poffenroth, Dr Matthew	LifeBridge Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Steffan, Ben	MD Health Care Commission	Position only
FAV	Steffen, Ben	MD Health Care Commisson	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stallings, Nicolelobbyist	Maryland Hospital Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Lara	Maryland Rural Health Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Townsend, Pegeenlobbyist	MedStar Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	DiBari, Dr Karin	Peninsula Regional Medical Group/Peninsula Regional Medical Center	Position only
FAV	Ciotola, Dr Joseph	Queen Anne's County-Health Officer	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clevenger, Amanda	Rural Maryland Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jarrell, Dr Bruce	University of Maryland Baltimore	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lawrence, Susan	University of Maryland Baltimore	Position only
FAV	Sullivan, Tiffany	University of Maryland Capital Region Health	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kozel, Ken	University of Maryland Shore Regional Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Sample-Hughes, Delegate Sample-Hugheslegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Woodard, Marklobbyist	Board of Physicians	Position only
FWA	Terry, Tequilalobbyist	Health Services Cost Review Commission	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kasemeyer, Pam	MACHC	Written (PDF)
FWA	Hawk, Wynee	MD Board of Physicians	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Wise, Steve	MedChi	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Dudzic, Matthew	Individual	Position only