Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 71. Public Health and Welfare § 71-5663. Amount of financial assistance; limitation

(1) The amount of financial assistance provided through student loans pursuant to the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act shall be limited to thirty thousand dollars for each recipient for each academic year and, except as provided in subdivision (4)(a) of this section, shall not exceed one hundred twenty thousand dollars per medical, dental, or doctorate-level mental health student or thirty thousand dollars per master's level mental health or physician assistant student.

(2) The amount of financial assistance provided through the medical resident incentive program pursuant to the act shall be limited to forty thousand dollars for each recipient for each year of residency and, except as provided in subdivision (4)(b) of this section, shall not exceed one hundred twenty thousand dollars.

(3) The amount of financial assistance provided by the state through loan repayments pursuant to the act (a) for physicians, psychiatrists, dentists, and psychologists shall be limited to thirty thousand dollars per recipient per year of full-time practice in a designated health profession shortage area and, except as provided in subdivision (4)(c) of this section, shall not exceed ninety thousand dollars per recipient and (b) for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, dietitian nutritionists, and mental health practitioners shall be limited to fifteen thousand dollars per recipient per year of full-time practice in a designated health profession shortage area and, except as provided in subdivision (4)(c) of this section, shall not exceed forty-five thousand dollars per recipient.

(5) For purposes of this section, community supervision population means persons on probation, post-release supervision, and pretrial release.