Program for repayment of educational loans for primary health-care professionals who agree to serve in federally designated health professional shortage areas

professionals who agree to serve in federally designated health professional shortage areas. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a loan repayment program to repay educational loans for primary health-care professionals who agree to serve in federally designated health professional shortage areas. The program shall: (1) Apply for federal funds for the program under the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. sec. 254g-1); (2) Make payments of qualifying educational loans of health professionals agreeing to provide primary health services in federally designated health professional shortage areas; (3) Assign health professionals only to public and private nonprofit entities; (4) Enter into contracts with participants with remedies for breach of contract by the health professional; and (5) Make available nonfederal contributions towards contracts with individual health professionals in an amount not less than one dollar ($1) for each one dollar ($1) of federal funds provided. In meeting this matching fund requirement, the state shall provide fifty percent (50%) of the state's share from state funds, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be provided from local governments or other community- based resources from the area in which the health professional will be serving.