CHAPTER 103 Substitute for HOUSE BILL No. 2057 An  Act concerning medical scholarships and loans; concerning medically underserved ar-
eas; amending K.S.A. 65-2811a, 76-379, 76-383 and 76-384 and K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 74-
32,132, 76-375, 76-381 and 76-385 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing
K.S.A. 76-373, 76-374, 76-377, 76-377a and K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 76-376.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 76-375 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 76-375. (a) On or before December 31 in each year, the chan-
cellor of the university of Kansas, or the designee of the chancellor sec-
retary of health and environment, shall prepare a list of the areas of this
state which the chancellor, or designee of the chancellor, secretary de-
termines to be critically medically underserved areas by specialty and the
areas of this state which the chancellor, or designee of the chancellor,
determines to be medically underserved areas by specialty. In preparing
such a list the chancellor, or designee of the chancellor, shall consult with
the medical scholarship advisory committee. All state medical care facil-
ities or institutions, all medical centers operated in the state of Kansas by
the veterans administration of the United States, and all full-time faculty
positions at the university of Kansas school of medicine in family medicine
or family practice are qualified for service in both service commitment
area I and service commitment area II without being determined medi-
cally underserved areas. In preparing such a list, the portion of time of
persons engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at any institution
under the jurisdiction and control of the secretary of social and rehabil-
itation services shall not be included in determining whether an area is
critically medically underserved or medically underserved. Every such list
shall note that all state medical care facilities or institutions qualify for
such service commitments, in addition to listing those areas determined
to be critically medically underserved or medically underserved. Critically
medically underserved areas by specialty and medically underserved areas
by specialty Medically underserved areas established prior to the effective
date of this act by the secretary of health and environment chancellor of
the university of Kansas, or the designee of the chancellor, shall continue
in effect for the purposes of this act until changed by the chancellor of
the university of Kansas, or the designee of the chancellor secretary of
health and environment. The chancellor of the university of Kansas, or
the designee of the chancellor, upon a finding of exceptional circum-
stances, may modify areas or portions of areas determined to be critically
medically underserved or medically underserved by specialty.

      (b)  (1) A service commitment area shall be designated as a service
commitment area I or a service commitment area II. Service commitment
area I shall be any area determined by the chancellor of the university of
Kansas, or the designee of the chancellor, under subsection (a) to be, for
purposes of all agreements entered into under K.S.A. 76-374 and amend-
ments thereto, a medically underserved area or a critically medically un-
derserved area. Service commitment area II shall be, for purposes of all
agreements entered into under K.S.A. 76-374 and amendments thereto,
the state of Kansas.

      (2) The service commitment area I or II for persons first awarded
scholarships after December 31, 1985, shall be an incorporated city of
this state as specified in subsection (d)(2) of K.S.A. 76-374 and amend-
ments thereto, all state medical care facilities or institutions, all medical
centers operated in the state of Kansas by the veterans administration of
the United States, and the full-time faculty positions at the university of
Kansas school of medicine in general internal medicine, general pediat-
rics, family medicine or family practice, except that, at the time any person
commences satisfying a service commitment under this subsection as a
full-time faculty member, the number of persons satisfying service com-
mitments or service obligations, pursuant to agreements under K.S.A. 76-
374 and amendments thereto or the medical student loan act, as full-time
faculty members pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the number
equal to 25% of the total number of full-time faculty members of the
university of Kansas school of medicine in general internal medicine, gen-
eral pediatrics, family medicine or family practice.

      (c) In selecting a service commitment area I or II, whichever is ap-
plicable, prior to the commencement of the full-time practice of medicine
and surgery pursuant to all agreements entered into under K.S.A. 76-374
and amendments thereto requiring service for a period of time in a service
commitment area I or II, whichever is applicable, the person so selecting
shall select such area from among those areas appearing on the list of
areas prepared by the chancellor of the university of Kansas, or the des-
ignee of the chancellor, under this section. The service commitment area
selected shall have appeared on any such list not more than 36 months
prior to the commencement of such full-time practice of medicine and
surgery by the person selecting such service commitment area. Upon the
selection of such service commitment area, the person so selecting shall
inform the university of Kansas school of medicine of the area selected.

      (d) A person serving in a service commitment area I or II, whichever
is applicable, pursuant to any agreement under this act may serve all or
part of any commitment in the service commitment area initially selected
by such person. If such person moves from one service commitment area
I or II to another service commitment area I or II, as applicable, such
person shall notify the university of Kansas school of medicine of such
person's change of service commitment area. Service in any such service
commitment area I or II, as applicable, selected from the appropriate lists
of service commitment areas, shall be deemed to be continuous for the
purpose of satisfying any agreement entered into under this act. Any
service commitment area I or II, as applicable, selected after the initially
selected service commitment area I or II shall have appeared on a service
commitment area I list or on a service commitment area II list, as appli-
cable, which shall have been prepared not more than 12 months prior to
the move by such person from one service commitment area I or II to
another service commitment area I or II, as applicable.

      (e)  (1) A person awarded a scholarship prior to January 1, 1986, may
satisfy the obligation to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
surgery in a service commitment area I even though such person is en-
gaged in such practice in two or more locations within the state of Kansas,
at least one of which is not located in a service commitment area I, if the
person is engaged in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in
such locations pursuant to a practice affiliation agreement approved by
the chancellor of the university of Kansas, or the designee of the chan-
cellor.

      (2) A person awarded a scholarship prior to January 1, 1986, may
satisfy the obligation to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
surgery in either service commitment area I or service commitment area
II by performing at least 100 hours per month of on-site primary care as
defined in K.S.A. 76-374 and amendments thereto at a medical facility
operated by a local health department or nonprofit organization in this
state serving medically indigent persons. As used in this paragraph, ``med-
ically indigent'' means a person: (A) Who is unable to secure health care
because of inability to pay for all or a part of the costs thereof due to
inadequate personal resources, being uninsured, being underinsured, be-
ing ineligible for governmental health benefits; or (B) who is eligible for
governmental benefits but is unable to obtain medical services.

      (3) A person awarded a scholarship prior to January 1, 1986, may
satisfy the obligation to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
surgery in either service commitment area I or II by engaging in such
full-time practice of medicine and surgery, other than in a primary care
specialty, anywhere in the state of Kansas with the exception of the fol-
lowing counties: Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Sedgwick, Shawnee or
Wyandotte, except that the full-time practice of medicine and surgery
within the six listed counties will qualify if the selected county is desig-
nated as a service commitment area I or II in accordance with the pro-
visions of this section, or whenever there are fewer than three persons
engaged in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in a designated
specialty in the selected county. Any person who satisfies the obligation
to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in accordance
with this subsection (e)(3) shall remain obligated to repay the amounts
received for living expenses as prescribed in subsection (a)(5) of K.S.A.
75-376 and amendments thereto. As used in this subsection (e)(3), ``pri-
mary care'' means general pediatrics, general internal medicine or family
practice.

      (f) A person awarded a scholarship in accordance with the provisions
of K.S.A. 76-373 through 76-377a and amendments thereto may satisfy
the obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery, under
an agreement entered into pursuant to K.S.A. 76-374 and amendments
thereto even though such person is engaged in practice in an area not
designated a medically underserved area by specialty, or a critically med-
ically underserved area by specialty, through employment on a part-time
basis by the state of Kansas which has been approved by the chancellor
of the university of Kansas, or the designee of the chancellor, for the
practice of medicine and surgery at any state medical care facility or
institution.

      (g) In connection with the determination of critically medically un-
derserved areas and medically underserved areas under this section, the
chancellor of the university of Kansas, or the designee of the chancellor,
shall assess annually the need in the state as a whole for medical services
provided by persons engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery and
shall report thereon annually to the legislature. Each report shall include
any recommendations for needed legislation, including any recom-
mended amendments to this act, which relate to the need for such med-
ical services in the various areas of this state.

      (h) There is hereby established the medical scholarship advisory com-
mittee. Members of the medical scholarship advisory committee shall be
appointed by the chancellor of the university of Kansas as follows: (1)
One member shall be from the office of the chancellor of the university
of Kansas; (2) one member shall be a representative of the Kansas medical
society; (3) one member shall be a member of the Kansas legislature; (4)
one member shall be a student at the university of Kansas school of med-
icine; and (5) one member shall be a representative of the Kansas hospital
association. The medical scholarship advisory committee shall meet pe-
riodically upon the call of the chancellor, or the designee of the chancel-
lor, and shall make recommendations to the chancellor, or the designee
of the chancellor, in regard to the administration of the provisions of this
act.

      (i) The chancellor of the university of Kansas may appoint a medical
scholarship program coordinator for the purpose of planning and admin-
istering the provisions of this act. The coordinator shall be in the unclas-
sified service under the Kansas civil service act.

      (j) For all purposes under this section, service or employment after
June 30, 1988, on a part-time basis (1) pursuant to a practice affiliation
agreement approved by the chancellor of the university of Kansas, or the
chancellor's designee, or (2) at a state medical care facility or institution,
shall be on the basis of at least the equivalent of 1/2 time in order to satisfy
the obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery under
an agreement entered into pursuant to K.S.A. 76-374 and amendments
thereto.

      (k) As used in this section, ``state medical care facility or institution''
includes, but is not limited to, the Kansas state school for the visually
handicapped, the Kansas state school for the deaf, any institution under
the secretary of social and rehabilitation services, as defined by subsection
(b) of K.S.A. 76-12a01 and amendments thereto, any institution under
the commissioner of juvenile justice, as defined by K.S.A. 38-1602, and
amendments thereto, the Kansas soldiers' home, the Kansas veterans'
home and any correctional institution under the secretary of corrections,
as defined by subsection (d) of K.S.A. 75-5202 and amendments thereto,
but shall not include any state educational institution under the state
board of regents, as defined by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 76-711 and
amendments thereto, except as specifically provided by statute.

      Sec.  2. K.S.A. 76-379 is hereby amended to read as follows: 76-379.
Any person awarded a scholarship in accordance with the provisions of
K.S.A. 76-373 through 76-377a and amendments thereto may satisfy any
obligation to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery under any
agreement entered into pursuant to K.S.A. 76-374 and amendments
thereto by engaging in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in
a service commitment area, as defined by subsection (c) of K.S.A. 76-381,
in lieu of an appropriate service commitment as otherwise required under
K.S.A. 76-373 through 76-377a and amendments thereto, but in accord-
ance with and subject to the other conditions and requirements pre-
scribed under those statutes, except that any such person, who also enters
into a medical student loan agreement under the medical student loan
act and who has not commenced the required primary care postgraduate
residency training program on the effective date of this act, may satisfy
the requirement to enter and complete an approved three-year primary
care residency training program under any such agreement by entering
and completing an approved postgraduate residency training program as
defined by subsection (b) of K.S.A. 76-381. The provisions of this section
shall apply only to residency training and the practice of medicine and
surgery commenced on or after the effective date of this act.

      Sec.  3. K.S.A. 76-383 is hereby amended to read as follows: 76-383.
A medical student loan agreement entered into by the university of Kan-
sas school of medicine and an undergraduate student enrolled in or ad-
mitted to the university of Kansas school of medicine in a course of in-
struction leading to the degree of doctor of medicine for the purpose of
receiving a medical student loan under this act shall require that the
person receiving the loan:

      (a) Complete the required course of instruction and receive the de-
gree of doctor of medicine and apply for, enter and complete an approved
postgraduate residency training program;

      (b) apply for and obtain a license to practice medicine and surgery in
Kansas;

      (c) engage in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery for a
period of 12 months within a service commitment area, except as other-
wise provided in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 76-384 and amendments thereto
for service as a full-time faculty member of the university of Kansas school
of medicine in family medicine or family practice;

      (d) commence such full-time practice of medicine and surgery within
nine months after completion of an approved postgraduate residency
training program and licensure in a service commitment area and con-
tinue such full-time practice in such service commitment area for a con-
secutive period of months equal to the total number of months required
under the agreement;

      (e) agree that the service commitment for each agreement entered
into under this act is in addition to the service commitment contained in
any other agreement which has been or may be entered into under this
act for the purpose of obtaining a medical student loan or under K.S.A.
76-373 through 76-377a and amendments thereto other agreements for
the purpose of obtaining scholarship aid;

      (f) maintain records and make reports to the university of Kansas
school of medicine to document the satisfaction of the obligation under
such agreement to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and sur-
gery within a service commitment area and to continue such full-time
practice in such service commitment area for a consecutive period of
months equal to the total number of months required under the agree-
ment; and

      (g) upon failure to satisfy an agreement to engage in the full-time
practice of medicine and surgery within a service commitment area for
the required period of time under any such agreement, the person re-
ceiving a medical student loan under this act shall repay amounts to the
university of Kansas school of medicine as provided in K.S.A. 76-385 and
amendments thereto.

      Sec.  4. K.S.A. 76-384 is hereby amended to read as follows: 76-384.
(a) Upon the selection of a service commitment area for the purposes of
satisfying a service obligation under a medical student loan agreement
entered into under this act, the person so selecting shall inform the uni-
versity of Kansas school of medicine of the service commitment area
selected.

      (b) A person serving in a service commitment area pursuant to any
agreement under this act may serve all or part of any commitment in the
service commitment area initially selected by such person. If such person
moves from one service commitment area to another service commitment
area, such person shall notify the university of Kansas school of medicine
of such person's change of service commitment area. Service in any such
service commitment area shall be deemed to be continuous for the pur-
pose of satisfying any agreement entered into under this act.

      (c) A person receiving a medical student loan under this act, may
satisfy the obligation to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and
surgery in a service commitment area if the person serves as a full-time
faculty member of the university of Kansas school of medicine in general
internal medicine, general pediatrics, family medicine or family practice
and serves two years for each one year of such obligation, or the equiv-
alent thereof on a two-for-one basis, except that, at the time any person
commences satisfying such service obligation as a full-time faculty mem-
ber pursuant to this subsection, the number of persons satisfying service
commitments or service obligations, pursuant to agreements under K.S.A.
76-374 and amendments thereto or the medical student loan act, as full-
time faculty members pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the
number equal to 25% of the total number of full-time faculty members
of the university of Kansas school of medicine in general internal medi-
cine, general pediatrics, family medicine or family practice.

      (d) A person may satisfy the obligation to engage in the full-time
practice of medicine and surgery in a service commitment area by per-
forming at least 100 hours per month of on-site primary care as defined
in K.S.A. 76-374 and amendments thereto at a medical facility operated
by a local health department or nonprofit organization in this state serving
medically indigent persons. As used in this subsection, ``medically indi-
gent'' means a person: (1) Who is unable to secure health care because
of inability to pay for all or a part of the costs thereof due to inadequate
personal resources, being uninsured, being underinsured, being ineligible
for governmental health benefits; or (2) who is eligible for governmental
benefits but is unable to obtain medical services; and ``primary care''
means general pediatrics, general internal medicine, family medicine and
family practice.

      Sec.  5. K.S.A. 65-2811a is hereby amended to read as follows: 65-
2811a. (a) The state board of healing arts may issue a special permit to
practice the appropriate branch of the healing arts, under the supervision
of a person licensed to practice such branch of the healing arts, to any
person who has completed undergraduate training in a branch of the
healing arts and who has not engaged in a full-time approved postgraduate
training program.

      (b) Such special permit shall be issued only to a person who: (1) Has
made proper application for such special permit upon forms approved by
the state board of healing arts;

      (2) meets all qualifications of licensure except examinations and post-
graduate training, as required by the Kansas healing arts act;

      (3) is not yet but will be engaged in a full-time, approved postgrad-
uate training program in Kansas;

      (4) has obtained the sponsorship of a person licensed to practice the
branch of the healing arts in which the applicant is training, which sponsor
practices in an area of Kansas which is determined under K.S.A. 76-375
and amendments thereto to be medically underserved or critically med-
ically underserved; and

      (5) has paid the prescribed fees as established by the state board of
healing arts for the application for and granting of such special permit.

      (c) The special permit, when issued, shall authorize the person to
whom the special permit is issued to practice the branch of the healing
arts in which such person is training under the supervision of the person
licensed to practice that branch of the healing arts who has agreed to
sponsor such special permit holder. The special permit shall not authorize
the person holding the special permit to engage in the private practice of
the healing arts. The holder of a special permit under this section shall
not charge patients a fee for services rendered but may be compensated
directly by the person under whose supervision and sponsorship the per-
mit holder is practicing. The special permit shall expire on the day the
person holding the special permit becomes engaged in a full-time, ap-
proved postgraduate training program or one year from its date of issu-
ance, whichever occurs first.

      (d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas heal-
ing arts act.

      Sec.  6. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 74-32,132 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 74-32,132. As used in this act:

      (a) ``Committee'' means the nursing service scholarship review com-
mittee established under K.S.A. 74-3299, and amendments thereto.

      (b) ``Executive officer'' means the chief executive officer of the state
board of regents appointed under K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 74-3203a, and
amendments thereto.

      (c) ``Educational and training program for advanced registered nurse
practitioners'' means a post-basic nursing education program a graduate
of which meets the education requirements of the board of nursing for a
certificate of qualification as an advanced registered nurse practitioner.

      (d) ``Medically underserved area'' means a practice location desig-
nated medically underserved by the state board of regents secretary of
health and environment.

      (e) ``Rural area'' means any county of this state other than Douglas,
Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte counties.

      Sec.  7. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 76-381 is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows: 76-381. As used in K.S.A. 76-380 through 76-386 and amendments
thereto:

      (a) ``Act'' means the medical student loan act;

      (b) ``approved postgraduate residency training program'' means a res-
idency training program in general pediatrics, general internal medicine,
family medicine, family practice or emergency medicine;

      (c) ``service commitment area'' means (1) any community within any
county in Kansas other than Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee or
Wyandotte county, (2) any state medical care facility or institution, (3)
any medical center operated by the veterans administration of the United
States, or (4) the full-time faculty of the university of Kansas school of
medicine in family medicine or family practice; and

      (d) ``state medical care facility or institution'' includes, but is not lim-
ited to, the Kansas state school for the visually handicapped, the Kansas
state school for the deaf, any institution under the secretary of social and
rehabilitation services, as defined by subsection (b) of K.S.A. 76-12a01
and amendments thereto, any institution under the commissioner of ju-
venile justice as defined by K.S.A. 38-1602, and amendments thereto, the
Kansas soldiers' home, the Kansas veterans' home and any correctional
institution under the secretary of corrections, as defined by subsection
(d) of K.S.A. 75-5202 and amendments thereto, but shall not include any
state educational institution under the state board of regents, as defined
by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 76-711 and amendments thereto, except as
specifically provided by statute.

      Sec.  8. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 76-385 is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows: 76-385. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2), (3),
(4) and (5) of this subsection (a) or in K.S.A. 76-386, and amendments
thereto, upon the failure of any person to satisfy the obligation to engage
in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery within a service com-
mitment area of this state for the required period of time under any
medical student loan agreement entered into under this act, such person
shall repay to the university of Kansas school of medicine in accordance
with subsection (b) an amount equal to the total of (A) the amount of
money received by such person pursuant to such agreement, or the
amount of money determined under rules and regulations of the univer-
sity of Kansas plus (B) annual interest at a rate of 15% from the date such
money was received.

      (2) Any person who fails to apply for and enter an approved post-
graduate residency training program shall be required to repay all moneys
received pursuant to an agreement entered into for any such medical
student loan, plus accumulated interest at an annual rate of 15% and shall
commence such repayment in accordance with subsection (b) within 90
days of graduation from the school of medicine or upon termination or
completion of a residency training program which does not comply with
the provisions of this act, whichever is later.

      (3) If at any time a person is failing to satisfy an obligation to engage
in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery in Kansas for the re-
quired period of time under an agreement entered into under this act
because such person is engaged in the full-time practice of medicine and
surgery in a state other than Kansas, or within Kansas in an area that is
not a service commitment area or in the practice of medicine and surgery
which does not otherwise comply with the agreement entered into under
this act, and if such person is subject to or currently making repayments
under this section and if such person subsequently commences the prac-
tice of medicine and surgery in this state which is in a service commitment
area or which otherwise complies with the agreement entered into under
this act, the balance of the repayment amount, including interest thereon,
from the time of such commencement of practice until the obligation of
such person is satisfied, or until the time such person again becomes
subject to repayments, shall be waived. All repayment amounts due prior
to such commencement of practice, including interest thereon, shall con-
tinue to be payable as provided in this section. If subsequent to such
commencement of practice, the person fails to satisfy such obligation, the
person again shall be subject to repayments, including interest thereon,
as otherwise provided in this section.

      (4) If, during the time a person is satisfying the service requirement
of an agreement entered into under this act, such person desires to engage
in less than the full-time practice of medicine and surgery within a service
commitment area of the state and remain in satisfaction of such service
requirement, such person may make application to the chancellor of the
university of Kansas or the designee of the chancellor for permission to
engage in less than such full-time practice of medicine and surgery. Upon
a finding of exceptional circumstances made by the chancellor of the
university of Kansas, or the designee of the chancellor, such person may
be authorized to engage in less than the full-time practice of medicine
and surgery within a service commitment area of the state for the re-
maining required period of time under such agreement and for an ad-
ditional period of time which shall be equal to the length of the originally
required period of time multiplied by the decimal fraction which is equal
to the reduction of the full-time practice of medicine and surgery to be
authorized hereunder, multiplied by two. In any such determination of
the period required to be engaged in the less than full-time practice of
medicine and surgery, the decimal fraction utilized shall not exceed .5
and any person granted permission to engage in less than the full-time
practice of medicine and surgery in accordance with the provisions of this
paragraph (4) shall be required to engage in at least the half-time practice
of medicine and surgery.

      (5) Any person who enters but fails to complete an approved post-
graduate residency training program, or who enters and completes an
approved postgraduate residency training program but fails to satisfy the
obligation to engage in the full-time practice of medicine and surgery
within a service commitment area of this state for the required period of
time shall be required to repay all money received pursuant to an agree-
ment entered into under this act a medical student loan, plus accumulated
interest at an annual rate of 15% and shall commence such repayment in
accordance with subsection (b) within 90 days of failure to complete an
approved postgraduate residency training program or 90 days of failure
to commence qualifying practice, whichever occurs first.

      (b) For any repayment requirement under this section, the person
shall repay an amount totaling the entire amount to be repaid under all
such agreements for which such obligations are not satisfied, including
all amounts of interest at the rate prescribed. The repayment shall be
made in not more than 10 equal annual installment payments.

      (c) All installment payments under this section shall commence six
months after the date of the action or circumstance that causes the failure
of the person to satisfy the obligations of such agreements, as determined
by the university of Kansas school of medicine based upon the circum-
stances of each individual case. In all cases, if an installment payment
becomes 91 days overdue, the entire amount outstanding shall become
immediately due and payable, including all amounts of interest at the rate
prescribed.

      (d) The total repayment obligation imposed under all agreements en-
tered into under this act may be satisfied by the person who entered into
the agreements at any time prior to graduation from the university of
Kansas school of medicine by making a single lump-sum payment equal
to the total of (1) the entire amount to be repaid under all such agree-
ments upon failure to satisfy the obligations under such agreements to
practice in Kansas, plus (2) all amounts of interest thereon at the rate
prescribed to the date of payment.

      (e) The university of Kansas school of medicine shall remit all moneys
received under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the
provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of
each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount
in the state treasury to the credit of the medical scholarship and loan
repayment fund.

      (f) There is hereby created in the state treasury the medical loan re-
payment fund. All expenditures from the medical loan repayment fund
shall be for medical student loans under the medical student loan act and
for the expenses of administration of the medical student loan act and
shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of
the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved
by the chancellor of the university of Kansas or by a person designated
by the chancellor. On the effective date of this act, the director of accounts
and reports shall transfer all moneys in the medical scholarship and loan
repayment fund to the medical loan repayment fund. On the effective date
of this act, all liabilities of the medical scholarship and loan repayment
fund are hereby imposed on the medical loan repayment fund and the
medical scholarship and loan repayment fund is hereby abolished. When-
ever the medical scholarship and loan repayment fund, or words of like
effect, is referred to or designated by any statute, contract or other doc-
ument, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the
medical loan repayment fund. 
Sec.  9. K.S.A. 65-2811a, 76-373, 76-374, 76-377, 76-377a, 76-379,
76-383 and 76-384 and K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 74-32,132, 76-375, 76-376, 76-
381 and 76-385 are hereby repealed.
 Sec.  10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved May 13, 2002.
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