Current through September 16, 2024
1.
The State Treasurer will develop a rubric by which applications received from
providers of health care to receive repayment of student education loans under
the Program will be scored by the State Treasurer.
2. The rubric developed pursuant to
subsection 1 must score applications according to the following weighted
criteria:
(a) Whether the applicant is
currently practicing in an underserved community;
(b) Whether the applicant commits to
relocating to practice in an underserved community;
(c) Whether the applicant would be the only
provider of a particular type within a 50-mile radius of an underserved
community;
(d) Whether the
applicant has previously received or been approved for student loan repayment
through other existing student loan repayment programs;
(e) Whether the applicant is ineligible to
receive student loan repayment through other student loan repayment
programs;
(f) Whether the applicant
has committed to or is currently engaging in the practice of primary care in an
underserved community;
(g) Whether
the applicant has committed to or is currently engaging in the practice of
sexual and reproductive health care in an underserved community;
(h) Whether the applicant has committed to or
is currently engaging in the practice of behavioral health care in an
underserved community;
(i) Whether
the applicant has committed to or is currently accepting patients who are
recipients of Medicare, Medicaid or insurance pursuant to the Children's Health
Insurance Program;
(j) The
percentage of patients that the applicant accepts who are recipients of
Medicare, Medicaid or insurance pursuant to the Children's Health Insurance
Program;
(k) Whether the applicant
has committed to or is currently accepting patients who are persons with
intellectual or developmental disabilities; and
(l) Any other metrics determined by the State
Treasurer to be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Program.
3. The State Treasurer will weigh
the criteria in subsection 2 based on the needs of the State based on relevant
data from:
(a) The United States Department of
Health and Human Services;
(b) The
United States Department of Labor;
(c) The Nevada Department of Health and Human
Services;
(d) The Office of
Minority Health and Equity of the Department of Health and Human
Services;
(e) The Nevada System of
Higher Education;
(f) The Office of
Economic Development within the Office of the Governor;
(g) Public and private institutions providing
graduate medical education in this State; and
(h) Any other sources the State Treasurer
believes is necessary to create the sliding scale.
4. The State Treasurer will publish the
rubric developed pursuant to subsection 1 and the manner in which the criteria
of the rubric will be weighed pursuant to subsection 3 on an Internet website
maintained by the State Treasurer at least 30 days before the beginning of a
designated period during which the State Treasurer will accept applications to
receive repayment of student education loans pursuant to the Program.
5. If two or more applications receive the
same score, the State Treasurer will prioritize the fully completed
applications in the order of receipt based on the date and time of receipt
using the Pacific time zone.
Added
by
R081-23A,
eff. 6/7/2024
section 8 of Assembly Bill No. 45, chapter 265, Statutes of
Nevada 2023, at page 1769 (NRS
226.462)