Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 283 - COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Chapter 31 - MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
Rule 283-31.3 - Awarding and payment of funds
Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 283-31.3
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 19, March 20, 2024
(1) Selection criteria. New program agreements will be entered into with eligible applicants who are mental health professionals or agree to become mental health professionals.
(2) Priority for awards. In the event that funding is insufficient to award all new eligible applicants, eligible applicants will be prioritized as follows:
a. Eligible applicants who are Iowa residents
or eligible applicants who are members of the Iowa national guard, if requested
by the adjutant general. Members of the Iowa national guard must have
satisfactorily completed required guard training and must maintain satisfactory
performance of guard duty. In the event that funding is insufficient to award
all new eligible applicants who meet these criteria, selection of new eligible
applicants will be further prioritized as follows:
(1) Eligible applicants who are students in
their final year of the degree program that leads to their qualification as a
mental health professional, according to the date the application was received
by the commission.
(2) Eligible
applicants completing the two-year post-degree clinical experience required to
be a mental health professional, according to the date the application was
received by the commission.
(3) All
other eligible applicants based on the fiscal year in which the eligible
applicant met the requirements of a mental health professional, with priority
given to those meeting the requirements in the most recent fiscal year. In the
event that funding is insufficient to award all new eligible applicants who met
the requirements of a mental health professional within a given fiscal year,
eligible applicants who met the criteria in that fiscal year will be
prioritized according to the date the application was received by the
commission.
b. Eligible
applicants who are not Iowa residents and are not members of the Iowa national
guard requested by the adjutant general. In the event that funding is
insufficient to award all new eligible applicants who meet these criteria,
selection of new eligible applicants will be further prioritized as follows:
(1) Eligible applicants who are students in
their final year of the degree program that leads to their qualification as a
mental health professional, according to the date the application was received
by the commission.
(2) Eligible
applicants completing the two-year post-degree clinical experience required to
be a mental health professional, according to the date the application was
received by the commission.
(3)
Other eligible applicants based on the fiscal year in which the eligible
applicant met the requirements of a mental health professional, with priority
given to those meeting the requirements in the most recent fiscal year. In the
event that funding is insufficient to award all new eligible applicants who met
the requirements of a mental health professional within a given fiscal year,
eligible applicants who met the criteria in that fiscal year will be
prioritized according to the date the application was received by the
commission.
(3)
Mental
health professional service requirement. The service requirement for a
full-time mental health professional is five years. The service requirement for
a mental health professional who is granted a waiver for part-time practice
will not exceed seven consecutive years. The mental health professional must
annually verify, in a format acceptable to the commission, that the mental
health professional provided mental health services in an eligible practice
area or eligible practice areas on a full-time basis, or on a part-time basis
if a waiver for part-time practice is granted, for each year of required
service.
(4)
Award
amounts. A mental health professional may receive up to $40,000. The
maximum award will be paid after the service requirement is
completed.
(5)
Award
proration and disbursement. An award will not exceed the outstanding
balance of the mental health professional's eligible loans.
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