OAR 409-036-0080: Maximum Award Amounts

(1) Loan Repayment subsidy recipients under OAR 409-036-0030 are eligible for a maximum loan repayment award in the following manner: (a) Eligible providers who practice full-time: (A) Those with less than $29,000 in qualifying loan debt are eligible to receive up to 100% of qualifying loan debt for initial 3-year service obligation; (B) Those with $29,000 or more in qualifying loan debt are eligible to receive: (i) Seventy percent of the balance owed on qualifying loans upon program entry for an initial three years of service; (ii) Eighty percent of the balance owed on remaining qualifying loans for an additional three years of service; or (iii) One hundred percent of the balance owed on remaining qualifying loans for a final three years of service; (C) A participant may receive no more than $50,000 in a single year for full-time service. (b) Eligible providers who practice part-time: (A) Those with less than $15,000 in qualifying loan debt are eligible to receive up to 100% of qualifying loan debt for initial, or subsequent service obligations; (B) Those with $15,000 or more in qualifying loan debt are eligible to receive: (i) Thirty-five percent of the balance owed on qualifying loans upon program entry for an initial three years of service; (ii) Forty percent of the balance owed on remaining qualifying loans for an additional three years of service; or (iii) Fifty percent of the balance owed on remaining qualifying loans for a final three years of service; (C) A participant may receive no more than $25,000 in a single year for part-time service. (2) Scholarship Recipients governed by the Scholars for a Health Oregon Initiative under ORS 348.303 and Primary Care Loan Forgiveness recipients under OAR 409-036-0035 are eligible for incentives as follows: (a) Scholarship recipients under the Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative at Oregon Health and Science University shall receive a scholarship covering the entire cost of tuition and fees for the participant’s health care education at the university. (b) Eligible students participating in educational or Training Programs other than those identified in Section (3) below shall receive a scholarship or loan forgiveness covering an amount equal to at least half of and up to the entire cost of tuition and fees for the participant’s training in the program in which they are participating, at the discretion of the sponsoring organization, so long as the maximum scholarship for each eligible student does not exceed the highest resident tuition rate at the publicly-funded health professional Training Programs in this state. (3) Rural Medical Practitioners Insurance Subsidy Recipients under OAR 409-036-0050 shall receive a maximum subsidy of: (a) Eighty percent of the actual premium charged for physicians specializing in obstetrics and nurse practitioners certified for obstetric care; (b) Sixty percent of the actual premium charged for physicians specializing in family or general practice who provide obstetrical services; (c) Forty percent of the actual premium charged for physicians and nurse practitioners engaging in one or more of the following practices: (A) Family practice without obstetrical services; (B) General practice without obstetrical services; (C) Internal medicine; (D) Geriatrics; (E) Pulmonary medicine; (F) Pediatrics; (G) General surgery; or (H) Anesthesiology; (d) Fifteen percent of the actual premium charged for physicians and nurse practitioners other than those included in subsection (a) through (c) above. (4) Other subsidies. The Authority may provide Health Care Workforce Scholarships under OAR 409-036-0040 and Community Workforce Assistance Grants under OAR 409-036-0060 to an organization to support evidence-based practices for recruitment and retention of health care providers at its own discretion.