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[CITE: 42USC292t]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
               SUBCHAPTER V--HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
 
                          Part A--Student Loans
 
           subpart ii--federally-supported student loan funds
 
Sec. 292t. Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds


(a) Fund agreements regarding certain amounts

    With respect to amounts appropriated under subsection (f) of this 
section, each agreement entered into under section 292q of this title 
with a school shall provide (in addition to the provisions required in 
subsection (b) of such section) that--
        (1) any Federal capital contribution made to the student loan 
    fund of the school from such amounts, together with the school 
    contribution appropriate under subsection (b)(2)(B) of such section 
    to the amount of the Federal capital contribution, will be utilized 
    only for the purpose of--
            (A) making loans to individuals from disadvantaged 
        backgrounds; and
            (B) the costs of the collection of the loans and interest on 
        the loans; and

        (2) collections of principal and interest on loans made pursuant 
    to paragraph (1), and any other earnings of the student loan fund 
    attributable to amounts that are in the fund pursuant to such 
    paragraph, will be utilized only for the purpose described in such 
    paragraph.

(b) Minimum qualifications for schools

    The Secretary may not make a Federal capital contribution for 
purposes of subsection (a) of this section for a fiscal year unless the 
health professions school involved--
        (1) is carrying out a program for recruiting and retaining 
    students from disadvantaged backgrounds, including racial and ethnic 
    minorities; and
        (2) is carrying out a program for recruiting and retaining 
    minority faculty.

(c) Certain agreements regarding education of students; date certain for 
        compliance

    The Secretary may not make a Federal capital contribution for 
purposes of subsection (a) of this section for a fiscal year unless the 
health professions school involved agrees--
        (1) to ensure that adequate instruction regarding minority 
    health issues is provided for in the curricula of the school;
        (2) with respect to health clinics providing services to a 
    significant number of individuals who are from disadvantaged 
    backgrounds, including members of minority groups, to enter into 
    arrangements with 1 or more such clinics for the purpose of 
    providing students of the school with experience in providing 
    clinical services to such individuals;
        (3) with respect to public or nonprofit private secondary 
    educational institutions and undergraduate institutions of higher 
    education, to enter into arrangements with 1 or more such 
    institutions for the purpose of carrying out programs regarding the 
    educational preparation of disadvantaged students, including 
    minority students, to enter the health professions and regarding the 
    recruitment of such individuals into the health professions;
        (4) to establish a mentor program for assisting disadvantaged 
    students, including minority students, regarding the completion of 
    the educational requirements for degrees from the school;
        (5) to be carrying out each of the activities specified in any 
    of paragraphs (1) through (4) by not later than 1 year after the 
    date on which the first Federal capital contribution is made to the 
    school for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and
        (6) to continue carrying out such activities, and the activities 
    specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this 
    section, throughout the period during which the student loan fund 
    established pursuant to section 292q(b) of this title is in 
    operation.

(d) Availability of other amounts

    With respect to Federal capital contributions to student loan funds 
under agreements under section 292q(b) of this title, any such 
contributions made before October 1, 1990, together with the school 
contributions appropriate under paragraph (2)(B) of such section to the 
amount of the Federal capital contributions, may be utilized for the 
purpose of making loans to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, 
subject to section 292s(a)(2)(B) of this title.

(e) ``Disadvantaged'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``disadvantaged'', with 
respect to an individual, shall be defined by the Secretary.

(f) Authorization of appropriations

                           (1) In general

        With respect to making Federal capital contributions to student 
    loan funds for purposes of subsection (a) of this section, there is 
    authorized to be appropriated for such contributions $8,000,000 for 
    each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002.

            (2) Special consideration for certain schools

        In making Federal capital contributions to student loan funds 
    for purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall 
    give special consideration to health professions schools that have 
    enrollments of underrepresented minorities above the national 
    average for health professions schools.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, Sec. 724, as added Pub. L. 102-408, 
title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2018; amended Pub. L. 105-
392, title I, Sec. 132, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3575.)

                       Repeal of Subsection (f)(1)

        Pub. L. 105-392, title I, Sec. 132(b), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 
    3575, provided that, effective Oct. 1, 2002, subsection (f)(1) of 
    this section is repealed.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 724 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 
293d of this title prior to the general revision of this subchapter by 
Pub. L. 102-408.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 105-392, Sec. 132(a), substituted 
``$8,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002'' for 
``$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1993''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-392, title I, Sec. 132(b), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3575, provided that the repeal of subsec. (f)(1) of this section is 
effective Oct. 1, 2002.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 292s of this title.
