Section 3850 - Mental Health Loan Assumption Program(a) Workforce Education and Training funds may be used to establish a locally administered Mental Health Loan Assumption Program to pay a portion of the educational loans of individuals who make a commitment to work in the Public Mental Health System in a position that is hard-to-fill or in which it is hard to retain staff, as determined by the County. This program may be established at the county level.(b) The educational loan liability shall be assumed after the participant has completed employment as follows: (1) A loan assumption payment shall be made on behalf of the participant after each twelve (12) months of employment in a position as specified in (a) above.(2) Months of employment shall be consecutive unless one of the exceptions in Section 3850(d) is met.(3) Unless one of the exceptions in Section 3850(d) is met, no individual may participate in the Mental Health Loan Assumption program for more than seventy two (72) consecutive months.(c) Payments. (1) Payments of up to ten thousand (10,000) dollars shall be made on the participant's behalf after each consecutive twelve (12) months of employment.(2) Payments shall be made directly to the lending institution and shall be applied to the principal balance, if not otherwise prohibited by law or by the terms of the loan agreement between the participant and the educational lending institution.(3) No more than a total of sixty thousand (60,000) dollars of any participant's educational loan liability shall be assumed in a participant's lifetime.(d) No individual may participate in the Mental Health Loan Assumption Program for more than seventy-two (72) consecutive months unless granted an exemption from this requirement due to pregnancy, serious illness or other cause deemed appropriate by the County.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 3850
1. New section filed 11-4-2009; operative 12-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 45). Note: Authority cited: Section 5898, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 5820 and 5822, Welfare and Institutions Code.
1. New section filed 11-4-2009; operative 12-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 45).