Sec. 304. Student loan repayment program to incentivize dental training and ensure the dental workforce of the Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs has sufficient staff to provide dental services to veterans, shall implement a loan reimbursement program for qualified dentists, dental hygienists, and oral surgeons who agree— to be appointed by the Secretary as a dentist, dental hygienist, or oral surgeon, as the case may be, under section 7401 of title 38, United States Code; and to serve as a dentist, dental hygienist, or oral surgeon, as the case may be, of the Department pursuant to such appointment at a dental clinic of the Department for a period of not less than five years.
The Secretary may reimburse not more than— $75,000 for each dentist participating in the program under subsection (a); $10,000 for each dental hygienist participating in such program; and $20,000 for each oral surgeon participating in such program. The Secretary shall monitor demand among veterans for dental care and require participants in the program under subsection
(a)to choose from dental clinics of the Department with the greatest need for dentists, dental hygienists, or oral surgeons, as the case may be, according to facility enrollment and patient demand.