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tion Loan (as such terms are used in section 455 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965). 
‘‘(4) Any Federal Perkins Loan under part E 
of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(5) Any other Federal loan as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) PERIOD OF SERVICE.—The period of service re-
quired by an agreement under subsection (a) shall consist 
of up to 6 years of full-time employment, with no more 
than 1 year passing between any 2 years of covered em-
ployment, in a substance use disorder treatment job in the 
United States in— 
‘‘(1) a Mental Health Professional Shortage 
Area, as designated under section 332; or 
‘‘(2) a county (or a municipality, if not con-
tained within any county) where the mean drug 
overdose death rate per 100,000 people over the past 
3 years for which official data is available from the 
State, is higher than the most recent available na-
tional average overdose death rate per 100,000 peo-
ple, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention. 
‘‘(e) INELIGIBILITY FOR DOUBLE BENEFITS.—No 
borrower may, for the same service, receive a reduction 
of loan obligations or a loan repayment under both— 
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‘‘(1) this subsection; and 
‘‘(2) any Federally supported loan forgiveness 
program, including under section 338B, 338I, or 
846 of this Act, or section 428J, 428L, 455(m), or 
460 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(f) BREACH.— 
‘‘(1) LIQUIDATED
DAMAGES
FORMULA.—The 
Secretary may establish a liquidated damages for-
mula to be used in the event of a breach of an 
agreement entered into under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The failure by an individual 
to complete the full period of service obligated pur-
suant to such an agreement, taken alone, shall not 
constitute a breach of the agreement, so long as the 
individual completed in good faith the years of serv-
ice for which payments were made to the individual 
under this section. 
‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL CRITERIA.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(1) may establish such criteria and rules to 
carry out this section as the Secretary determines 
are needed and in addition to the criteria and rules 
specified in this section; and 
‘‘(2) shall give notice to the committees speci-
fied in subsection (h) of any criteria and rules so es-
tablished. 
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‘‘(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of the Substance Use Disorder 
Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2018, and every other 
year thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on— 
‘‘(1) the number and location of borrowers who 
have qualified for loan repayments under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) the impact of this section on the avail-
ability of substance use disorder treatment employ-
ees nationally and in shortage areas and counties de-
scribed in subsection (d). 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘municipality’ means a city, 
town, or other public body created by or pursuant to 
State law, or an Indian Tribe. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘substance use disorder treat-
ment job’ means a full-time job (including a fellow-
ship)— 
‘‘(A) where the primary intent and func-
tion of the job is the direct treatment or recov-
ery support of patients with or in recovery from 
a substance use disorder, such as a physician, 
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physician assistant, registered nurse, nurse 
practitioner, advanced practice registered nurse, 
social worker, recovery coach, mental health 
counselor, addictions counselor, psychologist or 
other behavioral health professional, or any 
other relevant professional as determine by the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) which is located at a substance use 
disorder treatment program, private physician 
practice, hospital or health system-affiliated in-
patient treatment center or outpatient clinic 
(including an academic medical center-affiliated 
treatment program), correctional facility or pro-
gram, youth detention center or program, inpa-
tient psychiatric facility, crisis stabilization 
unit, community health center, community men-
tal health or other specialty community behav-
ioral health center, recovery center, school, com-
munity-based organization, telehealth platform, 
migrant health center, health program or facil-
ity operated by a tribe or tribal organization, 
Federal medical facility, or any other facility as 
determined appropriate for purposes of this sec-
tion by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2028.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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