To be eligible for the Board to reserve loan repayment funds,
a mental health professional must:
(1) ensure that the Board has received the completed
application by the established deadline, which will be posted on the
program web page;
(2) be a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident
and have no license restrictions;
(3) not be currently fulfilling another obligation
to provide mental health services as part of a scholarship agreement,
a student loan agreement, or another student loan repayment agreement;
(4) agree to provide five consecutive years of eligible
service in a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area, with the understanding
that the professional will be released from the agreement if funding
for continued loan repayment is not appropriated;
(5) agree to provide mental health services to:
(A) Individuals enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP or both;
or
(B) persons committed to a secure correctional facility
operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
or persons confined in a secure correctional facility operated by
or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice;
(6) a completed application for enrollment in the SLRP
includes an agreement to all contract terms, including monetary penalties
for failure to complete the service obligation, in addition to completion
of counseling procedures established by Board staff to ensure the
applicant's understanding of contract terms.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §23.96 adopted to be effective November 12, 2015, 40 TexReg 7818; amended to be effective February 22, 2016, 41 TexReg 1232; transferred effective December 15, 2016, as published in the Texas Register November 25, 2016, 41 TexReg 9341; amended to be effective May 22, 2019, 44 TexReg 2456 |
