Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 195-27-.05 - Contract Provisions
(1) The term of the GBHPLRP contract will be
four years.
(2) The following
maximum award amounts apply to mental health and substance use professionals.
If the verified loan balance is less than the maximum award amounts below, the
applicant will be awarded a lower amount of 25% of the loan balance each year
for 4 years.
Psychiatrists: $150,000
Psychologists, Psychiatric/Mental Health nurse
practitioners/Doctoral nurse practitioners (PMHCNP/DNP), licensed clinical
social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and
family therapists who hold doctoral degrees in behavioral health:
$80,000
Clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric/mental health
(non-doctoral nurse practitioners): $40,000
Licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional
counselors, licensed specialist in school psychology, and licensed marriage and
family therapists who do not hold doctoral degrees: $40,000
Licensed chemical dependency counselors who hold
associate degrees or any other behavioral health licensee not listed above:
$10,000
(3)
Recipients shall provide one year of service in a practice location approved by
the Board before award payment is made.
(4) Once staff has received, reviewed, and
approved all required documentation of completion of each year of service, the
annual award amount will be processed and mailed to the lender. Required
documentation includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Listing showing total patients or total
encounters treated by payor class and by place of service (hospital, clinic,
etc.) for the service period. For year 1 awards, the previous year's listing
will need to be submitted.
(b)
Documentation of Practice Location.
(c) Annual report of practice operations
describing the successes and challenges of the practice.
(5) At all times, each GBHPLRP loan repayment
recipient is responsible for keeping the Board apprised of his/her current
mailing address, email address, and primary telephone number. GBHPLRP recipient
also commits to responding promptly to Board requests for information needed to
process loan repayment funds. Failure to do so may result in the cancellation
of the contract and a request for payment in full.
(6) The Board has the discretionary power to
cancel any contract for a cause deemed sufficient by the Board. Upon such
cancellation by the Board, two times the total uncredited amount of the loan
paid on behalf of the recipient shall become due and payable to the Georgia
Board of Health Care Workforce.
(7)
The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce is vested with full and complete
authority to bring an action in its own name against any recipient for any
balance due the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce on any such
contract.
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