The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary action to recruit physicians and other persons to serve as medical staff members or district employees, including:

1. (1) advertising and marketing;
2. (2) paying travel, recruitment, and relocation expenses;

3. (3) providing a loan or scholarship to a physician or a person who:

   1. (A) is currently enrolled in health care education courses at an institution of higher education; and
   2. (B) contractually agrees to become a district employee or medical staff member; and
4. (4) providing on a rent-free basis or subsidizing the cost of office space or other facilities for a health care professional, including a physician.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.