Sec. 2. Student loan repayment for certain physician assistants
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Part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 293k et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall enter into contracts with eligible individuals under which such an individual agrees to serve as a full-time member of the faculty at a graduate-level physician assistant education program (as defined in section 799B) in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to pay, for each year of such service, at the end of each such year, not more than $10,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such individual.
The Secretary may not pay more than $45,000 under this section for any individual. In this section, the term eligible individual means an individual who— is a citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident of the United States; has a degree from a graduate-level physician assistant education program; has contracted with a graduate-level physician assistant education program to serve as a member of the faculty for not less than 2 years; and either— holds a license as a physician assistant; or is qualified for licensure as a physician assistant in a State where such individual serves as a full-time member of the faculty at a graduate-level physician assistant education program.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 2021. The Secretary shall enter into contracts with eligible individuals under which such an individual agrees to serve for at least 2 years as a full-time physician assistant in a health professional shortage area, in a medically underserved area, or at a health center in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to pay the eligible amount of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such individual.
In this section: The term eligible amount means, with respect to an eligible individual who has entered into a contract under subsection (a), with respect to the aggregate principal and interest on educational loans of such individual outstanding on the date such individual began the service described in such contract— for each of the first two years of service under such contract, 30 percent of such aggregate principal and interest; and for the third year, if any, of service under such contract, 25 percent of such aggregate principal and interest.
The term eligible individual means an individual who— is a citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident of the United States; has a degree from a graduate-level physician assistant education program; and has contracted with a health care provider located in a health professional shortage area or a medically underserved area or with a health center to serve as a physician assistant for not less than 2 years. The term health center has the meaning given such term in section 330(a).
The term medically underserved area has the meaning given the term medically underserved community in section 799B(6). The term health professional shortage area has the meaning given such term in section 332(a). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 2021. . The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to service occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Student loan repayment for certain physician assistants
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