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scholarships Sec. 106. (a) Scholarships for Study in the United States.—Effective with respect to scholarship grants made under subsection (a) of section 780 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295g) for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1971— (1) subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: 85 Stat. 453 “(b) The amount of the grant under subsection (a) to each such school for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, shall be equal to $3,000 multiplied by one-tenth of the number of full-time students of such school. The amount of such grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and the next fiscal year shall be equal to the greater of (1) $3,000 multiplied by the number of full-time students of such school who are from low-income backgrounds as determined under regulations of the Secretary, or (2) $3,000 multiplied by one-tenth of the number of full-time students of such school. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, the grant under subsection (a) shall be such amount as may be necessary to enable such school to continue making payments under scholarship awards to students who initially received such awards out of grants made to the school for fiscal years ending before July 1, 1974.”; (2) subsection (c)(1) is amended to read as follows: “(c) (1) Scholarships may be awarded by schools from grants under subsection (a) — “(A) only to individuals who have been accepted by them for enrollment as full-time first-year students and to individuals enrolled and in good standing as full-time students, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and each of the next two fiscal years: and “(B) only to individuals enrolled and in good standing as full-time students who initially received scholarship awards out of such grants for a fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1974, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, or the two succeeding fiscal years.”; and (3) subsection (c) (2) is amended by striking out “$2,500” and inserting in lieu thereof “$3,500”. (b) Scholarships for Study Abroad.— (1) Part F of title VII is amended by inserting immediately below the heading to such part the following: “Subpart I—Grants for Scholarships to Students Studying in the United States” (2) The heading for such part F is amended by striking out all after “Grants”. (3) The section heading for section 780 (42 U.S.C. 295g) is amended by adding at the end thereof “for Study in the United States”. (4) Such part F is amended by striking out “this part” each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof “this subpart”. (5) Section 746 (42 U.S.C. 294f) is amended by striking out “part F” and inserting in lieu thereof “subpart I of part F”. (6) Such part F is further amended by adding after section 781 the following: “Subpart II—Scholarships by the Secretary to Citizens of the United States Who Are Full-Time Students in Schools of Medicine Located Outside the United States “scholarship grants for study abroad “Sec. 785. (a) From the appropriations under subsection (e), the Secretary is authorized to make, in accordance with this subpart, scholarship grants to citizens of the United States who are full-time students in schools of medicine which are located outside the United States. 85 Stat. 454 “(b) Scholarship grants under this subpart shall be awarded for any school year only to students of exceptional financial need who need such financial assistance to pursue a course of study at a school of medicine for such year and who have entered into an agreement with the Secretary to practice medicine in the United States for a period of five years. Such practice shall begin within such reasonable period of time, after completion of such student’s professional training, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. Any such scholarship for a school year shall cover such portion of the student’s tuition, fees, books, equipment, and living expenses at the school of medicine in which he is enrolled, but not to exceed $3,500 for any year, as the Secretary may determine the student needs for such year on the basis of the requirements and financial resources of the student. “(c) Grants under this subpart shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education. “(d) (1) No scholarship grant under this subpart shall be made to any student unless— “(A) prior to the date such student files application for such grant— “(i) he has made application for admission as a student in a school of medicine which is located in the United States; “(ii) he has, in connection with the making of such application for admission to such school, undergone a written examination to determine his qualifications for admission as a student in such school; “(B) such student furnishes to the Secretary a certification from such school that— “(i) such student is qualified for admission as a student in such school, and “(ii) such student was denied admission as a student in such school solely because, for the school year for which such student applied for admission to such school, the number of qualified applicants for admission to such school exceeded the maximum number of students (as determined by such school) which such school was prepared to accept for admission for such year; and “(C) such student has not been accepted, before the date of approval of his application for a scholarship grant under this sub-part, by a medical school located in the United States. “(2) No scholarship grant under this subpart shall be made to any student who has completed three years as a student in a school of medicine, unless— “(A) such student has passed an examination which— “(i) is prepared by a body or bodies which the Secretary recognizes as being qualified to prepare such an examination, and “(ii) is used to determine the qualifications of students in schools of medicine which are located outside the United States for admission (as transfer students) in schools of medicine which are located in the United States; and “(B) such student has made application for admission (as a transfer student) to, but has not been accepted by, a school of medicine which is located in the United States. “(e) For the purpose of mailing scholarship grants under this sub-part there are authorized to be appropriated the following amounts: “(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each of the next two fiscal years, there are authorized to be appropriated $150,000. 85 Stat. 455 “(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, there are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to continue to make scholarship grants to students who received such grants under this subpart from funds made available to the Secretary for such purpose for fiscal years ending before July 1, 1974.” (c) Physician Shortage Area Scholarship Program.—Part F of title VII is amended by adding after the subpart added by subsection (b) of this section the following new subpart: “Subpart III—Physician Shortage Area Scholarship Program “scholarship grants “Sec. 784. (a) In order to promote the more adequate provision of medical care for persons who— “(1) reside in a physician shortage area; “(2) are migratory agricultural workers or members of the. families of such workers; the Secretary may, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, make scholarship grants to individuals who are medical students and who agree to engage in the practice of primary care after completion of their professional training (A) in a physician shortage area, or (B) at such place or places, such facility or facilities, and in such manner, as may be necessary to assure that, of the patients receiving medical care in such practice, a substantial portion will consist of persons referred to in clause (2). For purposes of this subpart, (1) the term ‘physician shortage area’ means an area determined by the Secretary under section 741(f)(1)(C) to have a shortage of and a need for physicians, and (2) the term ‘primary care’ has the meaning prescribed for it by the Secretary under section 768(c)(3)(B). “(b) (1) Scholarship grants under this subpart shall be made with respect to academic years. “(2) The amount of any scholarship grant under this subpart to any individual for any full academic year shall not exceed $5,000. “(3) The Secretary shall, in awarding scholarship grants under this subpart, accord priority to applicants as follows— “(A) first, to any applicant who (i) is from a low-income back-ground (as determined under regulations of the Secretary), (ii) resides in a physician shortage area, and (iii) agrees that, upon completion of his professional training, he will return to such area and will engage in such area in the practice of primary care; “(B) second, to any applicant who meets all the criteria set forth in subparagraph (A) except that prescribed in clause (i); “(C) third, to any applicant who meets the criterion set forth in clause (i); and “(D) fourth, to any other applicant. “(c) (1) Any scholarship grant awarded to any individual under this subpart shall be awarded upon the condition that such individual will, upon completion of his professional training, engage in the practice of primary care— “(A) in the case of any individual who, in applying for a scholarship grant under this subpart, met the criteria set forth in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(3), in the physician shortage area in which he agreed (pursuant to such subparagraph) to engage in such practice; and “(B) in the case of any individual who did not agree (pursuant to such subparagraph (A) or (B)) to engage in such practice in 85 Stat. 456any particular physician shortage area (or who is not, under a waiver under paragraph (4) of this subsection, required to engage in such practice in any particular physician shortage area)— “(i) in any physician shortage area, or “(ii) at such place or places, in such facility or facilities, and in such manner, as may be necessary to assure that, of the patients receiving medical care provided by such individual, a substantial portion will consist of persons who are migratory agricultural workers or are members of the families of such workers; for a twelve-month period for each full academic year with respect to which he receives such a scholarship grant. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any individual, who has received a scholarship grant under this subpart for four full academic years, shall be deemed to have received such a grant for only three full academic years if such individual serves all of his internship or residency in a public or private hospital, which is located in a physician shortage area, or a substantial portion of the patients of which consists of persons who are migratory agricultural workers (or are members of the families of such workers) and, if, while so serving, such individual receives training or professional experience designed to prepare him to engage in the practice of primary care. “(2) The condition imposed by paragraph (1) shall be complied with by any individual to whom it applies within such reasonable period of time, after the completion of such individual’s professional training, as the Secretary shall by regulations prescribe. “(3) If any individual to whom the condition referred to in paragraph (1) is applicable fails, within the period prescribed pursuant to regulations under paragraph (2), to comply with such condition for the full number of months with respect to which such condition is applicable, the United States shall be entitled to recover from such individual an amount equal to the amount produced by multiplying— “(A) the aggregate of (i) the amounts of the scholarship grant or grants (as the case may be) made to such individual under this subpart, and (ii) the sums of the interest which would be pay-able on each such scholarship grant if, at the time such grant was made, such grant were a loan bearing interest at a rate fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, after taking into consideration private consumer rates of interest prevailing at the time such grant was made, and if the interest on each such grant had been compounded annually, by “(B) a fraction the numerator of which is the number obtained by subtracting from the number of months to which such condition is applicable a number equal to one-half of the number of months with respect to which compliance by such individual with such condition was made, and the denominator of which is a number equal to the number of months with respect to which such condition is applicable. Any amount which the United States is entitled to recover under this paragraph shall, within the three-year period beginning on the date the United States becomes entitled to recover such amount, be paid to the United States. Until any amount due the United States under this paragraph on account of any grant under this subpart is paid, there shall accrue to the United States interest on such amount at the same rate as that fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to clause (A) with respect to the grant on account of which such amount is due the United States. “(4) (A) Any obligation of any individual to comply with the condition applicable to him under the preceding provisions of this subsection shall be canceled upon the death of such individual. 85 Stat. 457 “(B) The Secretary shall by regulations provide for the waiver or suspension of any such obligation applicable to any individual whenever compliance by such individual is impossible or would involve extreme hardship to such individual and if enforcement of such obligation with respect to any individual would be against equity and good conscience. “administration; contractual arrangements “Sec. 785. The Secretary may enter into agreements with schools of medicine, hospitals, or other appropriate public or nonprofit private agencies under which such schools, hospitals, or other agencies will, as agents of the Secretory, perform such functions in the administration of this subpart, as the Secretary may specify. Any such agreement with any school, hospital, or other agency may provide for payment by the Secretory of amounts equal to the expenses actually and necessarily incurred by such school, hospital, or other agency in carrying out such agreement. “authorization of appropriations “Sec. 786. For the purpose of making scholarship grants under this subpart, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each succeeding fiscal year, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to continue to make such grants to students who (prior to July 1, 1974) have received such a grant and who are eligible for such a grant under this part during such succeeding fiscal year.”