Sec. 12505. Veterinary medicine loan repayment program and veterinary services grant program
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The Secretary shall conduct a study to review the veterinary medicine loan repayment program established under section 1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3151a ) (referred to in this subsection as the program )— to determine if the program is achieving its purpose of ensuring that an adequate supply of trained food animal veterinarians are placed in identified veterinarian shortage situations (as determined under subsection
(b)of that section ( 7 U.S.C. 3151a(b) )); and to identify recommendations for improvements to the program, including improvements that may be implemented administratively or that require statutory authorization. The study under paragraph
(1)shall include— retention and compensation data of awardees; data on the student loan debt of applicants and awardees; an examination of the seasonality of practice type for food animal practitioners; and an estimate of the benefits of increasing the maximum annual payment amount towards qualified educational loans. In carrying out the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek input from stakeholders on— whether the program is meeting its short-term objective of matching specific area needs with the knowledge, skills, abilities, experiences, goals, and aspirations of applicants; whether the program is meeting its long-term objective of providing educational loan repayment support to veterinarians to sustain clinical private and public practice in veterinary shortage situations described in paragraph (1)(A); identifying concerns and problems with program implementation; providing solutions for problems identified in subparagraph (C), to include in recommendations under paragraph (1)(B); and any other issues that the Secretary determines appropriate. The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), including— the recommendations described in paragraph (1)(B) and any other recommendations that the Secretary determines appropriate; and any data and information gaps identified for applicants and awardees of the program. The Secretary shall conduct a study to review the veterinary services grant program established under section 1415B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3151b ) (referred to in this subsection as the program )— to determine if the program is achieving its purpose of relieving veterinarian shortage situations (as defined in subsection
(a)of that section ( 7 U.S.C. 3151b(a) ) and supporting veterinary services; and to identify recommendations for improvements to the program, including improvements that may be implemented administratively or that require statutory authorization. In carrying out the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek input from stakeholders on— whether the education, extension, and training grants are achieving their purpose of developing, implementing, and sustaining veterinary services through education, training, recruitment, placement, and retention of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and students of veterinary medicine and veterinary technology; whether the rural practice enhancement grants are achieving their purpose of establishing or expanding veterinary practices in rural areas; identifying concerns and problems with program implementation; providing solutions for problems identified under subparagraph (C), to include in recommendations under paragraph (1)(B); and any other issues that the Secretary determines appropriate. The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), including the recommendations described in paragraph (1)(B) and any other recommendations that the Secretary determines appropriate.
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Sec. 12505
Veterinary medicine loan repayment program and veterinary services grant program
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