Sec. 61.604.  LIMITATIONS.  (a)  A mental health professional may receive repayment assistance under this subchapter for not more than three years.
(b)  Not more than 10 percent of the number of repayment assistance grants paid under this subchapter each year may be awarded to mental health professionals providing mental health services described by Section 61.603(a)(3)(C).
(c)  Not more than 30 percent of the number of repayment assistance grants paid under this subchapter each year may be awarded to mental health professionals in any one of the professions listed in Section 61.601.
(d)  The board may award a grant under this subchapter to a mental health professional described by Section 61.601(8) only in accordance with Subsection (e).
(e)  If in a state fiscal year there are funds available for purposes of the program after funding grants to all eligible mental health professionals described by Sections 61.601(1)-(7), the board may allocate any unused funds to award repayment assistance grants to mental health professionals in any of the professions listed in Section 61.601 except that priority must be given to awarding grants to mental health professionals described by Sections 61.601(1)-(7). The limitations prescribed by Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to grants awarded under this subsection.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (S.B. 239), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 891 (H.B. 3083), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 678 (H.B. 1211), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 678 (H.B. 1211), Sec. 6(1), eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1069 (S.B. 532), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.