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 authorizes Tennessee's Department of Health to hire a specific type of nonprofit organization to manage the state's family medicine student loan repayment program. The eligible nonprofit must be a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) entity with its main office in Tennessee and must be connected to a membership group of local family physicians, residents, and medical students. By allowing this delegation, the law gives the department flexibility in administering the program while ensuring oversight through required rule-making. The change amends existing state codes to formalize this contracting option for managing the incentive designed to encourage doctors to work in underserved areas.