Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program

For the purposes of this section— the term “Indian health program” means any health program or facility funded, in whole or part, by the Service for the benefit of Indians and administered— by any Indian tribe or tribal or Indian organization pursuant to a contract under— To be eligible to participate in the Loan Repayment Program, an individual must— be enrolled— have— Consistent with paragraph (3), the Secretary, acting through the Service and in accordance with subsection (k), shall annually— Consistent with the priority determined under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in determining which applications under the Loan Repayment Program to approve (and which contracts to accept), shall give priority to applications made by— Subject to subparagraph (B), of the total amounts appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 for loan repayment contracts under this section, the Secretary shall provide that— The Secretary shall provide written notice to an individual promptly on— The written contract referred to in this section between the Secretary and an individual shall contain— an agreement under which— subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary agrees— subject to paragraph (3), the individual agrees— in the case of an individual described in subsection (b)(1)— A loan repayment provided for an individual under a written contract under the Loan Repayment Program shall consist of payment, in accordance with paragraph (2), on behalf of the individual of the principal, interest, and related expenses on government and commercial loans received by the individual regarding the undergraduate or graduate education of the individual (or both), which loans were made for— For each year of obligated service that an individual contracts to serve under subsection (f) the Secretary may pay up to $35,000 (or an amount equal to the amount specified in section 254l–1(g)(2)(A) of title 42) on behalf of the individual for loans described in paragraph (1). In making a determination of the amount to pay for a year of such service by an individual, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which each such determination— For the purpose of providing reimbursements for tax liability resulting from payments under paragraph (2) on behalf of an individual, the Secretary— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, individuals who have entered into written contracts with the Secretary under this section, while undergoing academic training, shall not be counted against any employment ceiling affecting the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary shall conduct recruiting programs for the Loan Repayment Program and other health professional programs of the Service at educational institutions training health professionals or specialists identified in subsection (a). Section 215 of title 42 shall not apply to individuals during their period of obligated service under the Loan Repayment Program. The Secretary, in assigning individuals to serve in Indian health programs pursuant to contracts entered into under this section, shall— An individual who has entered into a written contract with the Secretary under this section and who— is enrolled in the final year of a course of study and who— If damages described in subparagraph (A) are delinquent for 3 months, the Secretary shall, for the purpose of recovering such damages— The Secretary shall submit to the President, for inclusion in each report required to be submitted to the Congress under section 1671 of this title, a report concerning the previous fiscal year which sets forth—