Indiana 2023 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 1299 — Social worker loan forgiveness program.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Establishes a social worker student loan forgiveness program (program) to be used to provide student loan forgiveness payments to qualified social workers who are residents of Indiana and employed by the department of correction or department of child services to practice social work. Provides that the commission for higher education shall, in coordination with the Indiana professional licensing agency and the behavioral health and human services licensing board, administer the program. Establishes the social worker student loan forgiveness program fund.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  2. Authored by Representative McGuire

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

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Not signed on (149)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1299 do?
Establishes a social worker student loan forgiveness program (program) to be used to provide student loan forgiveness payments to qualified social workers who are residents of Indiana and employed by the department of correction or department of child services to practice social work. Provides that the commission for higher education shall, in coordination with the Indiana professional licensing agency and the behavioral health and human services licensing board, administer the program. Establishes the social worker student loan forgiveness program fund.
Who sponsors HB 1299?
HB 1299 is sponsored by Julie McGuire (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1299?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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