PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary must run a program that hires qualified health professionals to do research as employees of the Food and Drug Administration. For each year they work, the federal government will pay up to $20,000 of their student loan principal and interest. To join, a person must have a substantial amount of student loans compared with their income and must agree to work at the FDA for at least 3 years. Rules from the National Health Service Corps loan repayment program apply to this FDA program unless they conflict with the rules above. Funds may be appropriated as needed for fiscal years 1994 through 1996.

Title 21, §395

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(a)In general

(1)Authority for program

Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall carry out a program of entering into contracts with appropriately qualified health professionals under which such health professionals agree to conduct research, as employees of the Food and Drug Administration, in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than $20,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such health professionals.

(2)Limitation

The Secretary may not enter into an agreement with a health professional pursuant to paragraph (1) unless such professional—

(A)has a substantial amount of educational loans relative to income; and

(B)agrees to serve as an employee of the Food and Drug Administration for purposes of paragraph (1) for a period of not less than 3 years.

(b)Applicability of certain provisions

With respect to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in subpart III of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 254l et seq.], the provisions of such subpart shall, except as inconsistent with subsection (a) of this section, apply to the program established in such subsection in the same manner and to the same extent as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

(c)Authorization of appropriations

For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682. Subpart III of part D of title III of the Act is classified generally to subpart III [§ 254l et seq.] of part D of subchapter II of chapter 6A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 201 of Title 42 and Tables.

§395 Loan Repayment Program