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[CITE: 42USC293b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
               SUBCHAPTER V--HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
 
            Part B--Health Professions Training for Diversity
 
Sec. 293b. Loan repayments and fellowships regarding faculty 
        positions
        

(a) Loan repayments

                    (1) Establishment of program

        The Secretary shall establish a program of entering into 
    contracts with individuals described in paragraph (2) under which 
    the individuals agree to serve as members of the faculties of 
    schools described in paragraph (3) in consideration of the Federal 
    Government agreeing to pay, for each year of such service, not more 
    than $20,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans 
    of such individuals.

                      (2) Eligible individuals

        The individuals referred to in paragraph (1) are individuals 
    from disadvantaged backgrounds who--
            (A) have a degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, 
        dentistry, nursing, or another health profession;
            (B) are enrolled in an approved graduate training program in 
        medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, or other 
        health profession; or
            (C) are enrolled as full-time students--
                (i) in an accredited (as determined by the Secretary) 
            school described in paragraph (3); and
                (ii) in the final year of a course of a study or 
            program, offered by such institution and approved by the 
            Secretary, leading to a degree from such a school.

               (3) Eligible health professions schools

        The schools described in this paragraph are schools of medicine, 
    nursing (as schools of nursing are defined in section 296 of this 
    title), osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, 
    podiatric medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, or public 
    health, or schools offering graduate programs in behavioral and 
    mental health.

            (4) Requirements regarding faculty positions

        The Secretary may not enter into a contract under paragraph (1) 
    unless--
            (A) the individual involved has entered into a contract with 
        a school described in paragraph (3) to serve as a member of the 
        faculty of the school for not less than 2 years; and
            (B) the contract referred to in subparagraph (A) provides 
        that--
                (i) the school will, for each year for which the 
            individual will serve as a member of the faculty under the 
            contract with the school, make payments of the principal and 
            interest due on the educational loans of the individual for 
            such year in an amount equal to the amount of such payments 
            made by the Secretary for the year;
                (ii) the payments made by the school pursuant to clause 
            (i) on behalf of the individual will be in addition to the 
            pay that the individual would otherwise receive for serving 
            as a member of such faculty; and
                (iii) the school, in making a determination of the 
            amount of compensation to be provided by the school to the 
            individual for serving as a member of the faculty, will make 
            the determination without regard to the amount of payments 
            made (or to be made) to the individual by the Federal 
            Government under paragraph (1).

               (5) Applicability of certain provisions

        The provisions of sections 254m, 254p, and 254q-1 of this title 
    shall apply to the program established in paragraph (1) to the same 
    extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the 
    National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in 
    subpart III of part D of subchapter II of this chapter, including 
    the applicability of provisions regarding reimbursements for 
    increased tax liability and regarding bankruptcy.

              (6) Waiver regarding school contributions

        The Secretary may waive the requirement established in paragraph 
    (4)(B) if the Secretary determines that the requirement will impose 
    an undue financial hardship on the school involved.

(b) Fellowships

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with 
    eligible entities to assist such entities in increasing the number 
    of underrepresented minority individuals who are members of the 
    faculty of such schools.

                          (2) Applications

        To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under this 
    subsection, an entity shall provide an assurance, in the application 
    submitted by the entity, that--
            (A) amounts received under such a grant or contract will be 
        used to award a fellowship to an individual only if the 
        individual meets the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4); and
            (B) each fellowship awarded pursuant to the grant or 
        contract will include--
                (i) a stipend in an amount not exceeding 50 percent of 
            the regular salary of a similar faculty member for not to 
            exceed 3 years of training; and
                (ii) an allowance for other expenses, such as travel to 
            professional meetings and costs related to specialized 
            training.

                           (3) Eligibility

        To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under paragraph 
    (1), an applicant shall demonstrate to the Secretary that such 
    applicant has or will have the ability to--
            (A) identify, recruit and select underrepresented minority 
        individuals who have the potential for teaching, administration, 
        or conducting research at a health professions institution;
            (B) provide such individuals with the skills necessary to 
        enable them to secure a tenured faculty position at such 
        institution, which may include training with respect to 
        pedagogical skills, program administration, the design and 
        conduct of research, grants writing, and the preparation of 
        articles suitable for publication in peer reviewed journals;
            (C) provide services designed to assist such individuals in 
        their preparation for an academic career, including the 
        provision of counselors; and
            (D) provide health services to rural or medically 
        underserved populations.

                          (4) Requirements

        To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under paragraph 
    (1) an applicant shall--
            (A) provide an assurance that such applicant will make 
        available (directly through cash donations) $1 for every $1 of 
        Federal funds received under this section for the fellowship;
            (B) provide an assurance that institutional support will be 
        provided for the individual for the second and third years at a 
        level that is equal to the total amount of institutional funds 
        provided in the year in which the grant or contract was awarded;
            (C) provide an assurance that the individual that will 
        receive the fellowship will be a member of the faculty of the 
        applicant school; and
            (D) provide an assurance that the individual that will 
        receive the fellowship will have, at a minimum, appropriate 
        advanced preparation (such as a master's or doctoral degree) and 
        special skills necessary to enable such individual to teach and 
        practice.

                           (5) Definition

        For purposes of this subsection, the term ``underrepresented 
    minority individuals'' means individuals who are members of racial 
    or ethnic minority groups that are underrepresented in the health 
    professions including nursing.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, Sec. 738, as added Pub. L. 105-392, 
title I, Sec. 101(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3532.)

                       References in Text

    Subpart III of part D of subchapter II of this chapter, referred to 
in subsec. (a)(5), is classified to section 254l et seq. of this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 293b, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, 
Sec. 738, as added Pub. L. 102-408, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 
106 Stat. 2025, related to loan repayments and fellowships regarding 
faculty positions, prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. 
L. 105-392.
    Another prior section 293b, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, 
Sec. 722, as added Sept. 24, 1963, Pub. L. 88-129, Sec. 2(b), 77 Stat. 
168; amended Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-490, title I, Secs. 102(a), 
104(a), 82 Stat. 773, 774; Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-157, title I, 
Sec. 102(b), (j)(4), (7), 85 Stat. 431, 436, 437; Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 
94-484, title III, Sec. 304, 90 Stat. 2255; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97-
35, title XXVII, Sec. 2723(e), 95 Stat. 916, related to amounts of 
grants and grants for multipurpose facilities, prior to the general 
revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102-408.
    A prior section 738 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 
294k of this title prior to the general revision of this subchapter by 
Pub. L. 102-408.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 293d of this title.
