00HOUSE BILL NO. 407                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to repayment of teacher scholarship loans."                                                            
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.43.640 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
04  (f)  Notwithstanding (b) of this section, a borrower who fails to qualify for loan                                    
05 payment by the state because the borrower is required to reside in an urban area of the                                 
06 state in order to receive medical treatment is still entitled to receive loan payments by                               
07 the state under (b) of this section if the medical condition for which the borrower is                                  
08 receiving treatment did not exist before the borrower received the teacher scholarship                                  
09 loan and the borrower is employed as a teacher in an urban elementary or secondary                                      
10 school.