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An Act to Amend the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

An Act to Amend the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

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Sponsor
Representative Tiffany Roberts
Last action
2025-05-06
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to Amend the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

An Act to Amend the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program Sponsor: Representative Tiffany Roberts Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Amend the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program Sponsor: Representative Tiffany Roberts Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-06 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-03-25 House

    Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2025-03-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Amend the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
Sponsor:
Representative Tiffany Roberts
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1225
H.P. 800 House of Representatives, March 25, 2025
An Act to Amend the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick.
Cosponsored by Senator RAFFERTY of York and
Representatives: BRENNAN of Portland, COLLAMORE of Pittsfield, CROCKETT of
Portland, DODGE of Belfast, MURPHY of Scarborough, SARGENT of York, Senator:
CURRY of Waldo.

Page 1 - 132LR0898(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1019, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 417, §1, is
3 amended to read:
4 C. Possess an outstanding education loan relating to the an associate or bachelor's
5 degree of any kind or a master's or doctoral nursing degree; and
6Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1019, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2023, c. 412, Pt. CC, §2, is
7 further amended to read:
84. Administration. The nursing education loan repayment program and the nursing
9 education loan repayment fund are administered by the authority. The authority shall repay
10 the loan of an applicant who meets the criteria in subsection 2 in the amount of up to
11 $20,000 for a an associate, bachelor's or master's degree and up to $40,000 for a doctoral
12 degree for full-time nursing faculty and in the amount of up to $10,000 for a an associate,
13 bachelor's or master's degree and up to $20,000 for a doctoral degree for part-time nursing
14 faculty. The authority may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. Rules
15 adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter
16 375, subchapter 2‑A.
17SUMMARY
18 This bill modifies the nursing education loan repayment program by amending the
19 criteria to add an outstanding education loan relating to an associate or bachelor's degree
20 of any kind to the list of debts that qualify for the program, whether or not the otherwise
21 qualifying nurse has outstanding debts related to a master's or doctoral nursing degree.
22 Under the bill, the Finance Authority of Maine must repay the loan for an associate or
23 bachelor's degree up to $20,000 for a qualifying full-time nurse and up to $10,000 for a
24 qualifying part-time nurse.
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