[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3046 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3046

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to deem certain training in 
geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry to be obligated service for 
 purposes of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2005

 Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
 Mr. Owens, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act to deem certain training in 
geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry to be obligated service for 
 purposes of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Geriatricians Loan Forgiveness Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 338B(g) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254l-1(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Obligated service.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of this section, 
                each year of training in geriatric medicine or 
                geriatric psychiatry that is required in order to 
                obtain a certificate of added qualification in 
                geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry shall be 
                deemed to be a year of obligated service. Upon the 
                completion of such training, an individual with respect 
                to whom a year of training is deemed to be a year of 
                obligated service under this paragraph shall, after 
                consultation with the Secretary, provide services in 
                geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry as 
                appropriate during the remainder of such individual's 
                period of obligated service.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The number of fellowship years 
                in geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry that are 
                deemed to be a year of obligated service under this 
                paragraph shall not exceed 400 in any calendar year.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        apply to applications submitted to the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services under section 338B of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1) on or after the date that is 1 year 
        after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) First year of program.--For the period beginning on the 
        date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and 
        ending on December 31 of the calendar year in which such period 
        begins, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
        ratably reduce the maximum number of fellowship years in 
        geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry that may be deemed 
        to be a year of obligated service under section 338B(g)(5)(B) 
        of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1(g)(5)(B)) 
        (as added by subsection (a)) to reflect the portion of the year 
        that the amendment made by subsection (a) is in effect.
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