The purposes of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act are to (1) create the Nebraska Rural Health Advisory Commission and establish its powers and duties, (2) establish a student loan program that will provide financial incentives to medical, dental, master's level and doctorate-level mental health, and physician assistant students who agree to practice their profession in a designated health profession shortage area within Nebraska, (3) establish a loan repayment program that will provide financial incentives to medical residents who agree to practice their profession in a designated health profession shortage area within Nebraska, and (4) establish a loan repayment program that will require community matching funds and will provide financial incentives to eligible health professionals who agree to practice their profession in a designated health profession shortage area within Nebraska.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-5652