Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.   42

BY: Representative Steverson

AMEND by inserting the following new Section 2 and renumbering the succeeding section:

SECTION 2.  Section 37-146-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     "37-146-1.  Mississippi Rural Dentists Program established.  There is established the Dr. Gene Norris Howell, Jr., Memorial Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program for the purpose of identifying and recruiting qualified university and college students from rural areas of the state for dental school matriculation.  The program shall consist of three (3) distinct phases through which participants will progress, including:

          (a)  Undergraduate pre-dental education;

          (b)  Dental school and residency; and

          (c)  Initial entry into dental practice in a rural or underserved area of the State of Mississippi."

AMEND FURTHER the title by inserting the following at the end of line 3: "TO AMEND SECTION 37-146-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RENAME THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL DENTISTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AS THE DR. GENE NORRIS HOWELL, JR., MEMORIAL MISSISSIPPI RURAL DENTISTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM;"

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