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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-2405" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Maryland Dent-Care Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Office, on notification by the Maryland Department of Health, may award Higher Education Loan Assistance Grants.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Office, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, shall adopt regulations to determine:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The maximum number of participants in the Program each year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The maximum number of total participants in the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the minimum and maximum amount of a Higher Education Loan Assistance Grant awarded under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or after October 1, 2023, the amount of a Higher Education Loan Assistance Grant awarded under subsection (a) of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall be at least $50,000 per year for 3 years for a dentist; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May not exceed $10,000 per year for 2 years for a dental hygienist.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Office, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, shall periodically evaluate the minimum and maximum grant amounts determined under subsection (b)(3) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Office, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, shall establish prorated Higher Education Loan Assistance Grant amounts for part–time dentists and part–time dental hygienists.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
