APPLICABILITY OF BANKRUPTCY PROVISION TO REMAINING CONTRACTS UNDER FORMER PROGRAM.

SEC. 203. APPLICABILITY OF BANKRUPTCY PROVISION TO REMAINING CONTRACTS UNDER FORMER PROGRAM. (a) Establishment of Rule Specific to Former Program.—Section 338E(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254o(d)(3), is amended— (1) by inserting “(A)” after the paragraph designation; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(B) (i) Subparagraph (A) shall apply to any financial obligation of an individual under the provision of law specified in clause (ii) to the same extent and in the same manner as such subparagraph applies to any obligation of an individual under the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program (or contract thereunder) for payment of damages. “(ii) The provision of law referred to in clause (i) is subsection (f) of section 225 of this Act, as in effect prior to the repeal of such section by section 408(b)(1) of Public Law 94–484.”. (b) Applicability of Rule.—With respect to any financial obligation of an individual under subsection (f) of section 225 of the Public Health Service Act, as in effect prior to the repeal of such section by section 408(b)(1) of Public Law 94–484, the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section applies to any backruptcy proceeding in which discharge of such an obligation has not been granted before the date that is 31 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.