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HB 2374KANSASSession 2025-2026State BillSigned into law
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Kansas establishes specialty practice student loan program and consolidates medical loan repayment funds

Original title: AN ACT relating to healthcare professions; creating a specialty practice student loan program; establishing the specialty medical loan repayment fund; allowing for transfers from the psychiatry medical loan repayment fund and the OBGYN medical loan repayment fund to the specialty medical loan repayment fund; abolishing the psychiatry medical loan repayment fund and the OBGYN medical loan repayment fund; amending K.S.A. 76-380 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 76-381, 76-382, 76-384 and 76-385 and repealing the existing sections.

Last action · April 9, 2026: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026

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What This Bill Does

Kansas establishes a specialty practice student loan program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, consolidates existing psychiatric and OBGYN medical loan funds into a single specialty medical loan repayment fund, and abolishes the former separate funds.

Why it matters

Changes how financial aid and repayment funds are structured for medical students pursuing non-primary care specialties in Kansas, affecting loan availability, fund transfers, and repayment obligations for participants.

Background
  • The University of Kansas School of Medicine administers financial assistance programs designed to encourage medical graduates to practice in designated shortage areas across Kansas. context
  • State-funded medical student loan acts typically require recipients to fulfill multi-year service commitments in medically underserved communities or face financial repayment penalties. context

Who It Affects

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Directly affected

University of Kansas School of Medicine

Administers the specialty practice student loan program, manages fund transfers, and submits annual reports to legislative committees.

Directly affected

Medical students pursuing approved specialties

Eligible to receive tuition payments and living stipends under the new specialty loan program and subject to practice service commitments.

Directly affected

Underserved communities in Kansas

Receive increased availability of full-time medical and surgical practitioners fulfilling their service commitments in designated shortage areas.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What financial support do medical students receive under the specialty practice loan program?
Recipients receive payment of all tuition plus a living expense stipend of up to $2,000 per month for each month enrolled during a 12-month period.
What happens to the existing psychiatry and OBGYN medical loan repayment funds?
They are abolished, and all their moneys and liabilities are transferred to the newly created specialty medical loan repayment fund on July 1, 2026.
What penalty applies if a student fails to fulfill their practice service obligation?
The individual is required to repay the total money received plus accumulated annual interest at a rate of 15%, payable in up to 10 equal annual installments.

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Where This Stands

Current status: Signed into law.

Procedural history

19 actions
  1. Apr 9, 2026HouseEnrolled
    Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
  2. Mar 26, 2026House
    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
  3. Mar 19, 2026SenateFloor
    Final Action - Passed
  4. Mar 18, 2026Senate
    Committee of the Whole - Now working on
  5. Mar 18, 2026SenateFloor
    Committee of the Whole - Be passed
  6. Mar 16, 2026SenateFloor
    Committee Report recommending bill be passed by
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  1. Mar 13, 2026Senate
    Hearing: Friday, March 13, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 144-S
  2. Feb 25, 2026SenateCommittee
    Referred to Senate Committee on Education
  3. Feb 24, 2026SenateIntroduced
    Received and Introduced
  4. Feb 19, 2026House
    Engrossed on Wednesday, February 18, 2026
  5. Feb 18, 2026HouseFloor
    Final Action - Passed as amended
  6. Feb 17, 2026House
    Committee of the Whole - Now working on
  7. Feb 17, 2026HouseFloor
    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  8. Feb 17, 2026HouseFloor
    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
  9. Feb 13, 2026HouseFloor
    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
  10. Feb 9, 2026House
    Hearing: Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 281-N
  11. Feb 27, 2025House
    Withdrawn from House Committee on Higher Education Budget; Referred to House Committee on Higher Education Budget
  12. Feb 11, 2025HouseIntroduced
    Introduced
  13. Feb 11, 2025HouseCommittee
    Referred to House Committee on Appropriations

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policy shift95% confidence

Consolidation of Specialized Medical Loan Funds

The state is merging separate psychiatric and OBGYN medical loan funds into a unified specialty medical loan repayment fund while allowing flexible allocation of unawarded funds toward primary care.

University of Kansas School of Medicine

Connected Entities

Larned State Hospital, House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Health and Human Services and 5 more
locationLarned State Hospital“State facility providing mental health services where loan obligations may be sa”Map →
OrganizationHouse Committee on Appropriations“Receives annual reports and sponsored the bill.”Map →
OrganizationHouse Committee on Health and Human Services“Receives annual reports on changes to specialties and service commitment areas.”Map →
OrganizationUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine“Administers the medical student loan program and specialty loan funds.”Map →
OrganizationSenate Committee on Public Health and Welfare“Receives annual reports on changes to specialties and service commitment areas.”Map →
OrganizationSenate Committee on Ways and Means“Receives annual reports on changes to specialties and service commitment areas.”Map →
OrganizationState Board of Regents“Governing body for state educational institutions.”Map →
locationOsawatomie State Hospital“State facility providing mental health services where loan obligations may be sa”Map →

Sources

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www.kslegislature.gov

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  • Controversy40
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  • Entertainment5
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