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42 U.S.C. § 254p — Special loans for former Corps members to enter private practice
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**(a) Persons entitled; conditions** The Secretary may, out of appropriations authorized under [section 254k of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254k&num=0&edition=prelim), make one loan to a Corps member who has agreed in writing—
(1) to engage in the private full-time clinical practice of the profession of the member in a health professional shortage area (designated under [section 254e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254e&num=0&edition=prelim)) for a period of not less than 2 years which—
(A) in the case of a Corps member who is required to complete a period of obligated service under this subpart, begins not later than 1 year after the date on which such individual completes such period of obligated service; and
(B) in the case of an individual who is not required to complete a period of obligated service under this subpart, begins at such time as the Secretary considers appropriate;
(2) to conduct such practice in accordance with [section 254n(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254n/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) to such additional conditions as the Secretary may require to carry out this section.
Such a loan shall be used to assist such individual in meeting the costs of beginning the practice of such individual’s profession in accordance with such agreement, including the costs of acquiring equipment and renovating facilities for use in providing health services, and of hiring nurses and other personnel to assist in providing health services. Such loan may not be used for the purchase or construction of any building.
**(b) Amount of loan; maximum interest rate**
(1) The amoun
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**(a) Persons entitled; conditions** The Secretary may, out of appropriations authorized under [section 254k of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254k&num=0&edition=prelim), make one loan to a Corps member who has agreed in writing—
(1) to engage in the private full-time clinical practice of the profession of the member in a health professional shortage area (designated under [section 254e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254e&num=0&edition=prelim)) for a period of not less than 2 years which—
(A) in the case of a Corps member who is required to complete a period of obligated service under this subpart, begins not later than 1 year after the date on which such individual completes such period of obligated service; and
(B) in the case of an individual who is not required to complete a period of obligated service under this subpart, begins at such time as the Secretary considers appropriate;
(2) to conduct such practice in accordance with [section 254n(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254n/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) to such additional conditions as the Secretary may require to carry out this section.
Such a loan shall be used to assist such individual in meeting the costs of beginning the practice of such individual’s profession in accordance with such agreement, including the costs of acquiring equipment and renovating facilities for use in providing health services, and of hiring nurses and other personnel to assist in providing health services. Such loan may not be used for the purchase or construction of any building.
**(b) Amount of loan; maximum interest rate**
(1) The amount of a loan under subsection (a) to an individual shall not exceed $25,000.
(2) The interest rate for any such loan shall not exceed an annual rate of 5 percent.
**(c) Application for loan; submission and approval; interest rates and repayment terms** The Secretary may not make a loan under this section unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. The Secretary shall, by regulation, set interest rates and repayment terms for loans under this section.
**(d) Breach of agreement; notice; determination of liability** If the Secretary determines that an individual has breached a written agreement entered into under subsection (a), he shall, as soon as practicable after making such determination, notify the individual of such determination. If within 60 days after the date of giving such notice, such individual is not practicing his profession in accordance with the agreement under such subsection and has not provided assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that he will not knowingly violate such agreement again, the United States shall be entitled to recover from such individual—
(1) in the case of an individual who has received a grant under this section (as in effect prior to October 1, 1984), an amount determined under section 254o(b) of this title, except that in applying the formula contained in such section “ϕ” shall be the sum of the amount of the grant made under subsection (a) to such individual and the interest on such amount which would be payable if at the time it was paid it was a loan bearing interest at the maximum legal prevailing rate, “t” shall be the number of months that such individual agreed to practice his profession under such agreement, and “s” shall be the number of months that such individual practices his profession in accordance with such agreement; and
(2) in the case of an individual who has received a loan under this section, the full amount of the principal and interest owed by such individual under this section.
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**(a) Designation by Secretary; removal from areas designated; “medical facility” defined**
(1) For purposes of this subpart the term “health professional shortage area” means (A) an area in an urban or rural area (which need not conform to the geographic boundaries of a political subdivision and which is a rational area for the delivery of health services) which the Secretary determines has a health manpower shortage and which is not reasonably accessible to an adequately served area, (B) a population group which the Secretary determines has such a shortage, or (C) a public or nonprofit private medical facility or other public facility which the Secretary determines has such a shortage. All Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act ([42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395x/aa&num=0&edition=prelim)), that meet the requirements of [section 254g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254g&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be automatically designated as having such a shortage. The Secretary shall not remove an area from the areas determined to be health professional shortage areas under subparagraph (A) of the preceding sentence until the Secretary has afforded interested persons and groups in such area an opportunity to provide data and information in support of the designation as a health professional shortage area or a population group described in subparagraph (B) of such sentence or a facility described in subparagraph (C) of such sentence, and has made a determination on the basis of the data and information submitted by such persons and groups and other data and information availabl
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations** For the purpose of carrying out this section,11 So in original. Probably should be “subpart,”. there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following:
(1) For fiscal year 2010, $320,461,632.
(2) For fiscal year 2011, $414,095,394.
(3) For fiscal year 2012, $535,087,442.
(4) For fiscal year 2013, $691,431,432.
(5) For fiscal year 2014, $893,456,433.
(6) For fiscal year 2015, $1,154,510,336.
(7) For fiscal year 2016, and each subsequent fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year adjusted by the product of—
(A) one plus the average percentage increase in the costs of health professions education during the prior fiscal year; and
(B) one plus the average percentage change in the number of individuals residing in health professions shortage areas designated under [section 254f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f&num=0&edition=prelim) during the prior fiscal year, relative to the number of individuals residing in such areas during the previous fiscal year.
**(b) Scholarships for new participants** Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate not less than 10 percent for the purpose of providing contracts for—
(1) scholarships under this subpart to individuals who have not previously received such scholarships; or
(2) scholarships or loan repayments under the Loan Repayment Program under section 254l–1 of this title to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
**(c) Scholarships and loan repayments** With respect to certification as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, or physician assistant, the Secretary shall, from amounts
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**(a)** For the purpose of carrying out this subpart, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
**(b)** An appropriation under an authorization under subsection (a) for any fiscal year may be made at any time before that fiscal year and may be included in an Act making an appropriation under an authorization under subsection (a) for another fiscal year; but no funds may be made available from any appropriation under such authorization for obligation under sections 254d through 254h, section 254i, and [section 254j of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254j&num=0&edition=prelim) before the fiscal year for which such appropriation is authorized.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (established under [section 912 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section912&num=0&edition=prelim)), shall make grants to each State Office of Rural Health for the purpose of improving health care in rural areas.
**(b) Requirement of matching funds**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the State office of rural health involved agrees, with respect to the costs to be incurred in carrying out the purpose described in such subsection, to provide non-Federal contributions toward such costs in an amount equal to $3 for each $1 of Federal funds provided in the grant.
(2) **Waiver or reduction** — The Secretary may waive or reduce the non-Federal contribution if the Secretary determines that requiring matching funds would limit the State office of rural health’s ability to carry out the purpose described in subsection (a).
(3) **Determination of amount of non-Federal contribution** — Non-Federal contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the amount of such non-Federal contributions.
**(c) Certain required activities** Recipients of a grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant funds for purposes of—
(1) maintaining within the State office of rural health a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on—
(A) rural health care issues;
(B) research findings relating to rural hea
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**(a) Failure to maintain academic standing; dismissal from institution; voluntary termination; liability; failure to accept payment**
(1) An individual who has entered into a written contract with the Secretary under section 254l of this title and who—
(A) fails to maintain an acceptable level of academic standing in the educational institution in which he is enrolled (such level determined by the educational institution under regulations of the Secretary);
(B) is dismissed from such educational institution for disciplinary reasons; or
(C) voluntarily terminates the training in such an educational institution for which he is provided a scholarship under such contract, before the completion of such training,
in lieu of any service obligation arising under such contract, shall be liable to the United States for the amount which has been paid to him, or on his behalf, under the contract.
(2) An individual who has entered into a written contract with the Secretary under section 254l–1 of this title and who—
(A) in the case of an individual who is enrolled in the final year of a course of study, fails to maintain an acceptable level of academic standing in the educational institution in which such individual is enrolled (such level determined by the educational institution under regulations of the Secretary) or voluntarily terminates such enrollment or is dismissed from such educational institution before completion of such course of study; or
(B) in the case of an individual who is enrolled in a graduate training program, fails to complete such training program and does not receive a waiver from the Secretary under section 254l–1(b)(1)(B)(ii) of this title,
in lieu of any service obligation arising under such contract shall be liable to the United Stat
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**(a) Establishment of Fund** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the National Health Service Corps Member Replacement Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be appropriated under subsection (b) to the Fund. Amounts appropriated for the Fund shall remain available until expended.
**(b) Authorization of appropriations to Fund** For each fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund an amount equal to the sum of—
(1) the amount collected during the preceding fiscal year by the Federal Government pursuant to the liability of individuals under section 254o of this title for the breach of contracts entered into under section 254l or 254l–1 of this title;
(2) the amount by which grants under [section 254q–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254q-1&num=0&edition=prelim) have, for such preceding fiscal year, been reduced under subsection (g)(2)(B) of such section; and
(3) the aggregate of the amount of interest accruing during the preceding fiscal year on obligations held in the Fund pursuant to subsection (d) and the amount of proceeds from the sale or redemption of such obligations during such fiscal year.
**(c) Use of Fund**
(1) **Payments to certain health facilities** — Amounts in the Fund and available pursuant to appropriations Act may, subject to paragraph (2), be expended by the Secretary to make payments to any entity—
(A) to which a Corps member has been assigned under [section 254f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) that has a need for a health professional to provide primary healt
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**(a) Programs to promote mental health among health care professionals**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall award grants or contracts to health care entities, including entities that provide health care services, such as hospitals, community health centers, and rural health clinics, or to medical professional associations, to establish or enhance evidence-based or evidence-informed programs dedicated to improving mental health and resiliency for health care professionals.
(2) **Use of funds** — An eligible entity receiving a grant or contract under this subsection shall use funds received through the grant or contract to implement a new program or enhance an existing program to promote mental health among health care professionals, which may include—
(A) improving awareness among health care professionals about risk factors for, and signs of, suicide and mental health or substance use disorders, in accordance with evidence-based or evidence-informed practices;
(B) establishing new, or enhancing existing, evidence-based or evidence-informed programs for preventing suicide and improving mental health and resiliency among health care professionals;
(C) establishing new, or enhancing existing, peer-support programs among health care professionals; or
(D) providing mental health care, follow-up services and care, or referral for such services and care, as appropriate.
(3) **Priority** — In awarding grants and contracts under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities in health professional shortage areas or rural areas.
**(b) Training grants** The Secretary may establish a program to award grants to health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local governments, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, or oth
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 254p
(d) Investment
(1) In general
The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest
such amounts of the Fund as such Secretary
determines are not required to meet current
withdrawals from the Fund. Such investments
may be made only in interest-bearing obliga-
tions of the United States. For such purpose,
such obligations may be acquired on original
issue at the issue price, or by purchase of out-
standing obligations at the market price.
(2) Sale of obligations
Any obligation acquired by the Fund may be
sold by the Secretary of the Treasury at the
market price.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 338F, as added
Pub. L. 101–597, title II, § 204, Nov. 16, 1990, 104
Stat. 3027.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 338F of act July 1, 1944, was renum-
bered section 338G by Pub. L. 101–597 and is classified to
section 254p of this title.
Another prior section 338F of act July 1, 1944, was re-
numbered section 338G by section 201(2) of Pub. L.
100–177 and classified to section 254q of this title, prior
to repeal by Pub. L. 100–177, title II, § 203, Dec. 1, 1987,
101 Stat. 999.
§ 254p. Special loans for former Corps members
to enter private practice
(a) Persons entitled; conditions
The Secretary may, out of appropriations au-
thorized under section 254k of this title, make
one loan to a Corps member who has agreed in
writing—
(1) to engage in the private full-time clinical
practice of the profession of the member in a
health professional shortage area (designated
under section 254e of this title) for a period of
not less than 2 years which—
(A) in the case of a Corps member who is
required to complete a period of obligated
service under this subpart, begins not later
than 1 year after
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