LOAN REPAYMENTS FOR SERVICE IN CERTAIN HEALTH FACILITIES.

SEC. 714. LOAN REPAYMENTS FOR SERVICE IN CERTAIN HEALTH FACILITIES. (a) Agreements for Loan Repayments.—Section 836(h)(1)(C) (42 U.S.C. 297b(h)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows: “(C) who enters into an agreement with the Secretary to serve as nurse for a period of not less than two years in an Indian Health Service health center, in a Native Hawaiian health center, in a public hospital, in a migrant health center, in a community health center, in a nursing facility, in a rural health clinic, or in a health facility determined by the Secretary to have a critical shortage of nurses;”. (b) Priorities With Respect to Agreements.—Section 836(h) (42 U.S.C. 297b(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) In entering into agreements under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority— “(A) to applicants with the greatest financial need; and “(B) to applicants that, with respect to health facilities described in such paragraph, agree to serve in such health facilities located in geographic areas with a shortage of and need for nurses, as determined by the Secretary.”. (c) Definitions.—Section 836(h) (42 U.S.C. 297b(h)), as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(6) For purposes of this subsection: “(A) The term ‘community health center’ has the meaning given such term in section 330(a). 102 STAT. 3162 “(B) The term ‘migrant health center’ has the meaning given such term in section 329(a)(1). “(C) The term ’nursing facility’ has the meaning given such term in section 1919(a) of the Social Security Act (as such section is in effect during fiscal year 1991 and subsequent fiscal years), except that for fiscal years 1989 and 1990, such term means an intermediate care facility and a skilled nursing facility, as such terms are defined in subsections (c) and (i), respectively, of section 1905 of the Social Security Act. “(D) The term ‘rural health clinic’ has the meaning given such term in section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act.”. (d) Authorization of Appropriations for Loan Repayments.—Subpart II of part B of title VIII (42 U.S.C. 297a et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 837 the following new section: “authorization of appropriations for loan repayments for service in certain health facilities “Sec. 837A. For the purpose of payments under agreements entered into under section 836(h), there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1991.”.