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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1930 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a loan repayment 

program for faculty members at programs of general dentistry or pediatric dentistry to alleviate faculty shortages. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 2, 2009 

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. SIMPSON, and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 

a loan repayment program for faculty members at programs of general dentistry or pediatric dentistry to alleviate faculty shortages. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Primary Care Dental 

5 Academic Workforce Development Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR FACULTY AT 

2 DENTISTRY PROGRAMS. 

3 Section 747 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 293k) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘finan7 cial assistance to residents’’ and inserting ‘‘fi8 nancial assistance to residents and faculty’’; 

9 and 

10 (B) at the end of the matter following 

11 paragraph (6), by adding the following: ‘‘Pro12 grams supported under paragraph (6) may in13 clude loan repayment programs described in 

14 subsection (e).’’; 

15 (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub16 section (f); and 

17 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(e) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR FACULTY AT

20 DENTISTRY PROGRAMS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant or contract under 

22 subsection (a)(6) may be awarded to a program of 

23 general dentistry or pediatric dentistry described in 

24 such subsection to plan, develop, and operate a loan 

25 repayment program under which— 


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1 ‘‘(A) individuals agree to serve full-time as 

2 faculty members; and 

3 ‘‘(B) the program of general dentistry or 

4 pediatric dentistry agrees to pay the principal 

5 and interest on the outstanding student loans of 

6 the individuals. 

7 ‘‘(2) MANNER OF PAYMENTS.—The payments 

8 described in paragraph (1)(B) shall be made as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(A) Upon completion by an individual of 

11 each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth 

12 years of service specified in the agreement be13 tween the individual and the program of general 

14 dentistry or pediatric dentistry, the program 

15 shall pay an amount equal to 10, 15, 20, 25, 

16 and 30 percent, respectively, of the individual’s 

17 student loan balance as calculated based on 

18 principal and interest owed at the initiation of 

19 the agreement. 

20 ‘‘(B) The payments with respect to any in21 dividual— 

22 ‘‘(i) shall not exceed $250,000 in ag23 gregate; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) shall not exceed the total prin2 cipal and interest owed by the individual; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(iii) shall be applied to the principal, 

5 interest, and related expenses of govern6 ment (whether Federal, State, or local) 

7 and commercial loans obtained by the indi8 vidual for school tuition, other reasonable 

9 educational expenses, and reasonable living 

10 expenses. 

11 ‘‘(3) DIVERSITY.—The Secretary shall encour12 age programs receiving support through a grant or 

13 contract described in paragraph (1) to use such sup14 port to broadly recruit diverse faculty. 

15 ‘‘(4) PENALTIES.—The Secretary shall estab16 lish, and require that loan repayment agreements be17 tween programs and individuals under paragraph (1) 

18 include, appropriate financial penalties to be applied 

19 with respect to individuals not completing their serv20 ice obligations under such agreements.’’. 

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