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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5243 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
dental education loan repayment program to encourage dentists to serve 
at facilities with a critical shortage of dentists in areas with a high 
incidence of HIV/AIDS. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2006 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to establish a dental education loan repayment program 
to encourage dentists to serve at facilities with a critical 
shortage of dentists in areas with a high incidence of 
HIV/AIDS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dedicated Dental Serv-
ice for HIV/AIDS Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. DENTAL EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 edu-
cation loans of the dentist. 
(b) MANNER
OF PAYMENTS.—The payments de-
scribed 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 in-
terest on the dental education loans of the dentist. 
(2) Upon completion by the dentist of the sec-
ond year of such service, the Secretary shall pay an-
other 30 percent of the principal of and the interest 
on such loans. 
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(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 inter-
est on such loans. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—The 
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 car-
ried 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) REPORTS.—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 sec-
tion, including statements regarding the following: 
(1) The number of dentists enrolled in the pro-
gram. 
(2) The number and amount of loan repay-
ments. 
(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. 
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