Sec. 201. Modification of liability for breach of period of obligated service under Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program for primary care physicians
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Section 7617 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— In subsection (c)(1), by striking If a participant and inserting Except as provided in subsection (d), if a participant ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: Liability shall not arise under subsection
(c)in the case of a participant otherwise covered by that subsection who has pursued a course of education or training in primary care if— the participant— does not obtain, or fails to maintain, employment as a Department employee due to staffing changes approved by the Under Secretary for Health; or does not obtain, or fails to maintain, employment in a position of primary care physician in the Veterans Health Administration due, as determined by the Secretary, to a number of primary care physicians in the Administration that is excess to the needs of the Administration; and the participant agrees to accept and maintain employment as a primary care physician with another department or agency of the Federal Government (with such employment to be under such terms and conditions as are jointly agreed upon by the participant, the Secretary, and the head of such department or agency, including terms and conditions relating to a period of obligated service as a primary care physician with such department or agency) if such employment is offered to the participant by the Secretary and the head of such department or agency. .