DelawareDelaware allows loan repayment grants for up to two optometrists yearly
Delaware’s Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program allows grants for recently trained optometrists in outpatient care, with awards limited to two optometrists yearly.
What it does
Optometrists who finished graduate education within two years of applying can qualify for loan repayment grants for outpatient work. The Commission may award grants to no more than two optometrists each year.
Argument forHelp repaying education loans could make it easier to recruit recently trained optometrists and keep them working in outpatient care.
Argument againstThe two-person yearly limit could leave other eligible optometrists without loan repayment help, even if they want to provide outpatient care.
More detail
The Delaware Health Care Commission may award loan repayment grants to eligible optometrists. Optometrists must have completed graduate education within two years before submitting their grant application. Grants must support recruiting or keeping providers in outpatient clinics and similar settings. The Commission may award grants to no more than two optometrists per year; eligibility does not guarantee an award.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jul 23Signed by Governor Matt MeyerBecame Law
- Mar 24Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YESPassed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 11Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 7 FavorableMinor
- Jan 20Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in SenateMinor
- Vote recorded Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 20Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENTPassed House
- Jan 14Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 FavorableMinor
- 2025
- Dec 18Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in HouseIntroduced
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