SB203 Alabama 2016 Session
Bill Summary
Under current law, the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards gives scholarships for dental students in Alabama
This bill would amend Sections 16-47-76, 16-47-77, 16-47-78, 16-47-79, 16-47-80, and 16-47-81, Code of Alabama, 1975, to authorize the Alabama Dental Service Program. This bill would provide for the administration of the Program and would provide that the Program would be funded by appropriations from the Education Trust Fund
To amend Sections 16-47-76, 16-47-77, 16-47-78, 16-47-79, 16-47-80, and 16-47-81, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards; to establish and describe the Alabama Dental Service Program, to be established and operated by the Board; to state that the program shall be funded by direct appropriation from the Education Trust Fund; to outline the procedure for the Board to award loans to applicants and to require participants in the Program to repay loans by working in full-time clinical practice as licensed dentists in medically underserved areas known as areas of critical need; to specify the lengths of service required to repay a loan; to require the Board to define areas of critical need using certain guidelines; to require Program participants to participate in the state Medicaid program; to create penalties for breach of contract by Program participants; to modify how the Board may use the list of localities in need of dentists; to further outline the powers and duties of the Board relating to the Alabama Dental Service Program.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2016 | S | Assigned Act No. 2016-261. |
| April 28, 2016 | H | Signature Requested |
| April 28, 2016 | S | Enrolled |
| April 28, 2016 | S | Passed Second House |
| April 27, 2016 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 759 |
| April 27, 2016 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| April 13, 2016 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| March 23, 2016 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education |
| March 23, 2016 | S | Engrossed |
| March 22, 2016 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 470 |
| March 22, 2016 | S | Bussman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 469 |
| March 22, 2016 | S | Bussman Amendment Offered |
| March 22, 2016 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| March 3, 2016 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| February 11, 2016 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | April 13, 2016 | Room 200 at 09:00 | House W&ME Hearing |
| Hearing | March 8, 2016 | Room 727 at 13:30 | Senate RULES Hearing |
| Hearing | March 2, 2016 | Room 727 **PUBLIC HEARING & VOTE** at 00:00 | Senate F&TE Public Hearing |
| Hearing | March 2, 2016 | Room 727 **PUBLIC HEARING & VOTE** at 10:30 | Senate F&TE Public Hearing |