110 HR 2168 IH: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-05-03
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Dedicated Dental Service for HIV/AIDS Act of 2007
.
2.Dental education
loan repayment program
(a)The Secretary of
Health and Human Services may enter into an agreement with any dentist under
which—
(1)the dentist agrees
to serve as a dentist for a period of not less than two years at a facility
with a critical shortage of dentists (as determined by the Secretary) in an
area with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS; and
(2)the Secretary
agrees to make payments in accordance with subsection (b) on the dental
education loans of the dentist.
(b)The payments described in subsection (a) shall be made
by the Secretary as follows:
(1)Upon completion by
the dentist for whom the payments are to be made of the first year of the
service specified in the agreement entered into with the Secretary under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall pay 30 percent of the principal of and the
interest on the dental education loans of the dentist.
(2)Upon completion by
the dentist of the second year of such service, the Secretary shall pay another
30 percent of the principal of and the interest on such loans.
(3)Upon completion by
that individual of a third year of such service, the Secretary shall pay
another 25 percent of the principal of and the interest on such loans.
(c)Applicability of
certain provisionsThe provisions of subpart III of part D of
title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l et seq.) shall,
except as inconsistent with this section, apply to the program carried out
under this section in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions
apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.
(d)Not
later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report
describing the program carried out under this section, including statements
regarding the following:
(1)The number of
dentists enrolled in the program.
(2)The number and
amount of loan repayments.
(3)The placement
location of loan repayment recipients at facilities described in subsection
(a)(1).
(4)The default rate
and actions required.
(5)The amount of
outstanding default funds.
(6)To
the extent that it can be determined, the reason for the default.
(7)The demographics
of individuals participating in the program.
(8)An
evaluation of the overall costs and benefits of the program.
(e)In
this section:
(1)The term dental education
loan—
(A)means a loan that
is incurred for the cost of attendance (including tuition, other reasonable
educational expenses, and reasonable living costs) at a school of dentistry;
and
(B)includes only the
portion of the loan that is outstanding on the date the dentist involved begins
the service specified in the agreement under subsection (a).
(2)The term
dentist means a graduate of a school of dentistry who has
completed postgraduate training in general or pediatric dentistry.
(3)The term HIV/AIDS means human
immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(4)The term
school of dentistry has the meaning given to that term in section
799B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p).
(5)The term
Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(f)Authorization of
appropriationsTo carry out this section, there are authorized to
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008
through 2012.