State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)

The State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) helps primary care providers working in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA). 

To complete an application, use the State Loan Repayment Program online form. You will need:

• Your National Provider Number 

• Information about your student loan balances, account numbers, and loan holders  

-if you wish to use SLRP funds to repay a private student loan, you must upload a current lender statement

• The email address for your Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Your CAO may be a facility administrator, Director of Human Resources, or other official who is authorized to certify your employment. After you have submitted your application, we will email an employment verification form to your CAO.  

SLRP participants must have completed training in an accredited graduate training program in, and have an active and valid license to practice in one of the following eligible disciplines:  

• Allopathic medicine

• Osteopathic medicine 

• General and pediatric dentistry

• Nurse practitioner

• Certified nurse-midwife

• Physician assistant  

• Registered dental hygienist  

• Health service psychologist (clinical and counseling)  

• Licensed clinical social worker  

• Psychiatric nurse specialist  

• Licensed professional counselor  

• Marriage and family therapist 

• Registered nurse  

• Pharmacist  

• Alcohol and substance abuse counselors  

To receive loan repayment help, an applicant must: 

• Be a U.S. citizen or national (naturalized citizen) 

• Not have an outstanding contractual obligation for any of the following: health care professional service to the Federal Government, scholarship or loan repayment obligation, a NURSE corps loan repayment obligation, a state loan repayment obligation,

-or other entity unless that service obligation will be completely satisfied before the SLRP contract has been signed 

Please note: Certain provision in employment contracts can create a service obligation (e.g., an employer offers a physician a recruitment bonus in return for the physician’s agreement to work at that facility for a certain period of time or pay back the bonus). 

The SLRP participants agree to provide two consecutive years of full-time or part-time service in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). The following are not eligible service sites, even if they are in a HPSA: 

• County/local prisons 

• Inpatient hospitals or other inpatient facilities 

• Clinics that limit care to veterans and active-duty military personnel 

Annual loan repayment awards are sent directly to the lender/servicer following completion of each year of service and can be up to $25,000 a year. 

The following requirements apply for a loan to be eligible for repayment: 

• Must not have an existing service obligation  

• Must not be in default status at the time of application  

• Can be a federal, state or private loan 

Do I have to apply each year? 

• No. If you have been accepted into the program, you will be notified regarding a required end-of-service period employment verification form every six months. 

What if I want to change practice sites? 

• Before changing practice sites, please contact THECB-Loan Repayment Office to discuss the impact of such a change. If you wish to change practice sites, the new site must be in a HPSA or MHPSA for you to continue to be eligible for the program.