TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION EXTENSION AMENDMENTS OF 1992.

SEC. 2014. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION EXTENSION AMENDMENTS OF 1992. (a) Insured Health Education Assistance Loans to Graduate Students.— Subpart I of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), as added by section 102 of Public Law 102–408 (106 Stat. 1994), is amended— (1) in section 705(a)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (G), by inserting “and” after the semicolon at the end; (B) by striking subparagraph (H); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (H); and (2) in section 707— (A) in subsection (g), by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: “(1) after the expiration of the seven-year period beginning on the first date when repayment of such loan is required, exclusive of any period after such date in which the obligation to pay installments on the loan is suspended;”; and (B) by adding at the end the following subsection: “(j) School Collection Assistance.— An institution or post-graduate training program attended by a borrower may assist in the collection of any loan of that borrower made under this subpart which becomes delinquent, including providing information concerning the borrower to the Secretary and to past and present lenders and holders of the borrower’s loans, contacting the borrower in order to encourage repayment, and withholding services in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary under section 715(a)(7). The institution or postgraduate training program shall not be subject to section 809 of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for purposes of carrying out activities authorized by this section.”. (b) Loan Provisions.— Section 722 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292r), as added by section 102 of Public Law 102–408 (106 Stat. 1994), is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by amending the subsection to read as follows: “(a) Amount of Loan.— “(1) In general.— Loans from a student loan fund (established under an agreement with a school under section 721) may not, subject to paragraph (2), exceed for any student for a school year (or its equivalent) the sum of— “(A) the cost of tuition for such year at such school, and “(B) $2,500. “(2) Third and fourth years of medical school.— For purposes of paragraph (1), the amount $2,500 may, in the case of the third or fourth year of a student at school of 107 STAT. 216medicine or osteopathic medicine, be increased to the extent necessary (including such $2,500) to pay the balances of loans that, from sources other than the student loan fund under section 721, were made to the individual for attendance at the school. The authority to make such an increase is subject to the school and the student agreeing that such amount (as increased) will be expended to pay such balances.”; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by adding “and” after the semicolon at the end; (B) by striking paragraph (2); and (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (c) Medical Schools and Primary Health Care.— (1) Requirements for students.— Section 723(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292s(a)), as added by section 102 of Public Law 102–408 (106 Stat. 1994), is amended by adding at the end the following paragraph: “(4) Waivers.— “(A) With respect to the obligation of an individual under an agreement made under paragraph (1) as a student, the Secretary shall provide for the partial or total waiver or suspension of the obligation whenever compliance by the individual is impossible, or would involve extreme hardship to the individual, and if enforcement of the obligation with respect to the individual would be unconscionable. “(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the obligation of an individual shall be waived if— “(i) the status of the individual as a student of the school involved is terminated before graduation from the school, whether voluntarily or involuntarily; and “(ii) the individual does not, after such termination, resume attendance at the school or begin attendance at any other school of medicine or osteopathic medicine. “(C) If an individual resumes or begins attendance for purposes of subparagraph (B), the obligation of the individual under the agreement under paragraph (1) shall be considered to have been suspended for the period in which the individual was not in attendance. “(D) This paragraph may not be construed as authorizing the waiver or suspension of the obligation of a student to repay, in accordance with section 722, loans from student loan funds under section 721.”. (2) Requirements for schools.— Section 723(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292s(b)), as added by section 102 of Public Law 102–408 (106 Stat. 1994), is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking “1994,” and inserting “1997;”; and (ii) by striking “4 years before” and inserting “3 years before”; (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “15 percent” and inserting “25 percent”; and (C) in paragraph (4)(B)— (i) in clause (i), by striking “1994,” and inserting “1997,”; and 107 STAT. 217 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking “1995,” and inserting “1998,”. (d) Authorization of Appropriations Regarding Medical Schools.— Section 735 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292y), as added by section 102 of Public Law 102–408 (106 Stat. 1994), is amended by adding at the end the following subsection: “(f) Funding for Certain Medical Schools.— “(1) Authorization of appropriations.— For the purpose of making Federal capital contributions to student loan funds established under section 721 by schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996. “(2) Minimum requirements.— “(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may make a Federal capital contribution pursuant to paragraph (1) only if the school of medicine or osteopathic medicine involved meets the conditions described in subparagraph (A) of section 723(b)(2) or the conditions described in subparagraph (C) of such section. “(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the conditions referred to in such subparagraph shall be applied with respect to graduates of the school involved whose date of graduation occurred approximately 3 years before June 30 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the Federal capital contribution involved is made. (e) Public Health Traineeships.— Section 761(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294(b)(3)), as added by section 102 of Public Law 102–408 (106 Stat. 1994), is amended by striking “and nutrition” and inserting “nutrition, and maternal and child health”. (f) Traineeships for Advanced Nurse Education.— Section 830(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 206 of Public Law 102–408 (106 Stat. 2073), is amended— (1) by striking “meet the cost of traineeships for individuals” and inserting the following: “meet the costs of— “(1) traineeships for individuals”; (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following paragraph: “(2) traineeships for participation in certificate nurse midwifery programs that conform to guidelines established by the Secretary under section 822(b).”. (g) Certain Generally Applicable Provisions.— Section 860(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 298b2013;7(d)), as added by section 209 of Public Law 102–408 (106 Stat. 2075), is amended in the first sentence by striking “821, 822, 830, and 831” and inserting “821, 822, and 827”.