Applicants must: (1) have an outstanding eligible education loan; (2) ensure that an application has been received by DSHS by the established deadline; (3) hold an unrestricted license from the Texas Medical Board or the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners; (4) if practicing in a specialty or subspecialty, be certified by or be eligible to sit for the applicable specialty or subspecialty board; (5) have a Medicaid provider number; (6) not, at the time of application or at any time during which the recipient is fulfilling his or her obligation under the Program, be fulfilling another service obligation to provide medical or dental services in the same eligible area or facility; (7) fulfill the four-year service obligation in the Children's Medicaid Loan Repayment Program before qualifying for loan repayment through any other state loan repayment program; and (8) provide eligible services for four consecutive years and meet the target number of Medicaid visits by children under the age of 21 for each 12-month period as indicated on the following table: Attached Graphic |
