Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Loan forgiveness for specialty of neurology-psychiatry. For the purposes of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 12104, subsection 5, paragraph A, subparagraph (2), neurology-psychiatry is an underserved specialty.
Sec. 2. Retroactivity. This Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2012.’
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill. This amendment specifies that neurology-psychiatry is an underserved specialty for purposes of loan forgiveness under the Health Professions Loan Program. This amendment makes the provision retroactive to January 1, 2012.