Section 23.96 - [Effective until 11/14/2024] Eligibility for Conditional Approval of Applications(a) To be eligible for the Board staff to reserve loan repayment funds, a mental health professional must: (1) ensure that the Board staff has received the completed application by the established deadline, which will be posted on the program web page;(2) be a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident and have no license restrictions;(3) not be currently fulfilling another obligation to provide mental health services as part of a scholarship agreement, a student loan agreement, or another student loan repayment agreement.(b) For applicants who first establish eligibility for the program before September 1, 2023, a mental health professional must: (1) agree to provide five consecutive years of eligible service in a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area, with the understanding that the professional will be released from the agreement if funding for continued loan repayment is not appropriated; and(2) agree to provide mental health services to:(A) Individuals enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP or both; or(B) persons committed to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or persons confined in a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.(c) For applicants who first establish eligibility for the program on or after September 1, 2023, a mental health professional must: (1) agree to provide three consecutive years of eligible service in a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area, with the understanding that the professional will be released from the agreement if funding for continued loan repayment is not appropriated; and(2) agree to provide mental health services to: (A) Individuals enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP or both; or(B) persons committed to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or persons confined in a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), for applicants who first establish eligibility for the program on or after September 1, 2023, who provide mental health services to patients in state hospitals, individuals receiving community-based mental health services from a local mental health authority, or students enrolled in an eligible district or school, a mental health professional must agree to provide three consecutive years of eligible service as outlined in §23.98 of this subchapter (relating to Eligibility for Disbursement of Loan Repayment Assistance).19 Tex. Admin. Code § 23.96
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 45, November 6, 2015, TexReg 7818, eff. 11/12/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 08, February 19, 2016, TexReg 1232, eff. 2/22/2016; transferred from 21.493 Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 48, November 25, 2016, TexReg 9341, eff. 12/15/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 20, May 17, 2019, TexReg 2456, eff. 5/22/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 45, November 11, 2022, TexReg 7556, eff. 11/16/2022; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 06, February 9, 2024, TexReg 0692, eff. 2/15/2024