SECTIONS 128198-128198.5 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 128198-128198.5

128198. (a) (1) There is hereby established in the Office of
Statewide Health Planning and Development the California Pharmacist
Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program.
(2) The program shall provide scholarships to pay for the
educational expenses of pharmacy school students and repay qualifying
educational loans of pharmacists who agree to participate in
designated medically underserved areas as provided in this section.
(b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall
administer the California Pharmacist Scholarship and Loan Repayment
Program utilizing the same general guidelines applicable to the
federal National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program established
pursuant to Section 254 l of Title 42 of the United States Code and
the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established
pursuant to Section 254 l-1 of Title 42 of the United States Code,
except as follows:
(1) A pharmacist or pharmacy school student shall be eligible to
participate in the program if he or she agrees to provide pharmacy
services in a practice site located in areas of the state where unmet
priority needs for primary care family physicians exist as
determined by the Health Workforce Policy Commission.
(2) No matching funds shall be required from any entity in the
practice site area.
(c) This section shall be implemented only to the extent that
sufficient moneys are available in the California Pharmacist
Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program Fund to administer the
program.

128198.5. The California Pharmacist Scholarship and Loan Repayment
Program Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Revenues
from the contributions made pursuant to Section 4409 of the Business
and Professions Code, as well as any other private or public funds
made available for purposes of the California Pharmacist Scholarship
and Loan Repayment Program, shall be deposited into the fund. Upon
appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the fund shall be
available for expenditure by the Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development for purposes of implementing the California
Pharmacist Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program pursuant to this
article. The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
shall be under no obligation to administer a program under this
article until sufficient moneys have been accumulated in the fund and
appropriated to the office by the Legislature.