Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 23 - EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS
Subchapter C - PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Section 23.67 - Applicant Ranking Priorities
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code § 23.67
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Application deadlines will be established throughout the fiscal year and will be posted on the program web page.
(b) If there are not sufficient funds to offer loan repayment assistance for all eligible physicians whose applications are received by the stated deadline, applications shall be ranked according to the following criteria, in priority order:
(1) the first ten applications received each
year from eligible physicians serving persons committed to a secure
correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile
Justice Department or its successor or persons confined to a secure
correctional facility operated by or under contract with any division of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice or its successor;
(2) applications from physicians practicing
in HPSAs, in the following priority order:
(A)
renewal applications from primary care physicians practicing in
HPSAs;
(B) applications from
primary care physicians practicing in rural HPSAs, prioritizing higher HPSA
scores;
(C) applications from
primary care physicians practicing in non-rural HPSAs, prioritizing higher HPSA
scores;
(D) renewal applications
from non-primary care physicians practicing in HPSAs;
(E) applications from non-primary care
physicians practicing in rural HPSAs, prioritizing higher HPSA
scores;
(F) applications from
non-primary care physicians practicing in non-rural HPSAs, prioritizing higher
HPSA scores;
(3)
applications from primary care physicians who have provided outpatient health
care services to a designated number of Medicaid or Texas Women's Health
Program enrollees, as established annually by methods outlined in the
Coordinating Board's Memorandum of Understanding with the Texas Health and
Human Services Commission, in the following order of priority:
(A) renewal applications;
(B) applications from physicians practicing
in a county with a population of less than 50,000 persons;
(C) applications from
geriatricians;
(D) applications
from physicians having the greatest amount of student loan debt.
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