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House Bill 553

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Legislative History
Last Action	04/10/24: became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 161)
Title	AN ACT relating to the Kentucky rural veterinary student loan repayment program and making an appropriation therefor.
Bill Documents	Acts Chapter 161 Current/Final Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Fiscal Note Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number	1608
Sponsors	M. Koch, C. Aull, S. Bratcher, J. Dixon, D. Fister, P. Flannery, C. Freeland, D. Hale, S. Heavrin, DJ Johnson, K. King, A. Neighbors, M. Pollock, P. Pratt, R. Raymer, C. Stevenson, K. Timoney, J. Tipton
Summary of Enacted Version	Establishes the Kentucky Rural Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program for an eligible livestock practitioner who engages in veterinary medicine in an underserved rural area or veterinary shortage area for five consecutive years; allows a livestock practitioner in an underserved rural area to practice mixed animal medicine with a minimum of 30 percent work dedicated to livestock; defines “underserved rural area” as a city having a population of less than 25,000 and lying more than 20 miles from a city having a population of more than 50,000; authorizes the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations; sets forth program eligibility requirements; authorizes the authority to award loan repayment benefits to applicants selected by the Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Selection Committee; establishes compliance requirements; creates the rural veterinary care trust fund; establishes purposes of the fund; and requires a report to the Legislative Research Commission, Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, and Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture; APPROPRIATION.
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Rural Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program for an eligible livestock practitioner who engages in veterinary medicine in an underserved rural area or veterinary shortage area for five consecutive years; authorize the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations; set forth program eligibility requirements; authorize the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to award loan repayment benefits to applicants selected by the Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Selection Committee; establish compliance requirements; create the rural veterinary care trust fund; establish purposes of the fund; APPROPRIATION.
Index Headings of Original Version	Fiscal Note - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, rural veterinary student loan repayment Education, Finance - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, rural veterinary student loan repayment Education, Higher - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, rural veterinary student loan repayment State Agencies - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, rural veterinary student loan repayment Veterinarians - Rural Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program, creation, livestock practitioner Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, rural veterinary student loan repayment Agriculture - Livestock practitioner, Rural Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program, creation Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Livestock practitioner, Rural Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program, creation Appropriations - Rural veterinary care trust fund, creation, rural veterinary student loan repayment program Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees - Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Selection Committee, creation, livestock practitioner
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements
Votes	Vote History

Actions

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02/14/24	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/21/24	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
03/12/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/13/24	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2024
03/14/24	3rd reading, passed 88-4 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/15/24	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/21/24	to Education (S) taken from Education (S) 1st reading returned to Education (S)
03/22/24	taken from Education (S) 2nd reading returned to Education (S)
03/26/24	reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
03/27/24	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
03/28/24	3rd reading, passed 38-0 received in House enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
04/09/24	filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
04/10/24	became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 161)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement	Fiscal Note to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except allow a livestock practitioner in an underserved rural area to practice mixed animal medicine with a minimum of 30% work dedicated to livestock; define "underserved rural area" as a city having a population of less than 25,000 and more than 20 miles from a city having a population of more than 50,000; require report to the Legislative Research Commission, Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, and Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture.
Index Headings	Fiscal Note - Livestock practitioner, Rural Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program, underserved rural area Veterinarians - Rural Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program, veterinary service, reporting Agriculture - Livestock practitioner, Rural Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program, underserved rural area Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Livestock practitioner, Rural Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Program, underserved rural area

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