What is the Louisiana State Loan Repayment Program?
Section 338 of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 254-1) authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration to administer the State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) which is funded with 50% state dollars and 50% federal dollars. The state Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) through the Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health (BPCRH) administers the SLRP for Louisiana. The purpose of the SLRP is to recruit and retain primary care practitioners to difficult-to-fill shortage areas by reducing their educational debt. The mission of the program is to alleviate the states problem of a substantial maldistribution of primary care health professionals in rural and inner city areas designated as health professional shortage areas (HPSAs).
