Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to contract with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that maintains a principal office in this state and that is affiliated with a nonprofit membership organization composed of family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students in this state for the nonprofit organization to administer some or all portions of the family medicine student loan repayment program. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 63.

This bill allows the Tennessee Department of Health to hire a specific type of nonprofit organization to manage its family medicine student loan repayment program. The eligible nonprofit must be a tax-exempt group based in Tennessee that is connected to an organization of local family doctors, residents, and medical students. By authorizing this contract, the state aims to streamline how it administers financial incentives designed to encourage physicians to work in underserved areas. The legislation also gives the department power to create rules for managing the program in cooperation with other state health and education boards.