Sec. 2. Indian Health Service scholarship and loan recipients
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Section 104(b)(3) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1613a(b)(3) ) is amended by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through the end of subparagraph
(A)and inserting the following: The active duty service obligation under a written contract with the Secretary under section 338A of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254l ) that an individual has entered into under that section shall, if that individual is a recipient of an Indian Health Scholarship— be met by full-time (as defined in section 331(j) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254d(j) )) practice— in the Service; in a program conducted under a contract entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ); in a program assisted under title V; or in the private practice of the applicable profession if, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with guidelines issued by the Secretary, the practice— is situated in a physician or other health professional shortage area; and addresses the health care needs of a substantial number of Indians; or be met by half-time (as defined in section 331(j) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254d(j) )) practice in a program described in any of subclauses
(I)through
(IV)of clause
(i)if the individual agrees, in writing— to double the period of obligated service that would otherwise be required; or accept a minimum service obligation of 2 years with an award amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that would otherwise be payable for full-time (as so defined) service. . Section 108(f)(1)(B) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1616a(f)(1)(B) ) is amended by striking clause
(iii)and inserting the following: to serve for a period of time (referred to in this section as the period of obligated service ) equal to— 2 years, or a longer period of time as the individual may agree to serve, in the full-time (as defined in section 331(j) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254d(j) )) clinical practice of the profession of the individual in an Indian health program to which the individual may be assigned by the Secretary; or 4 years, or a longer period of time as the individual may agree to serve, in the half-time (as defined in that section) clinical practice of the profession of the individual in an Indian health program to which the individual may be assigned by the Secretary; or not less than 2 years in the half-time (as so defined) clinical practice of the profession of the individual in an Indian health program to which the individual may be assigned by the Secretary with a loan payment amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that would otherwise be payable for full-time (as so defined) service; .
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