CHAPTER 12

(SB 184)

Tuition reimbursement appropriation.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians, midlevel practitioners, and dentists who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program, the midlevel tuition reimbursement program, or the dental tuition reimbursement program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of two hundred seven thousand six hundred fourteen dollars ($ 207,614 ), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of Health for the purposes of reimbursing three family physicians, two physician assistants, and one dentist who have, in the determination of the department, met the requirements of the state physician tuition reimbursement program established pursuant to §  1-16A-71.1, the midlevel tuition reimbursement program pursuant to §  1-16A-73.6, or the dental tuition reimbursement program established pursuant to §  1-16A-73.20.

     Section  2.  The secretary of the Department of Health shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.

     Signed March 1, 2007

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