SEC. 202. BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY PRO-
GRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 547(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290ee–2(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 
2029’’. 
SEC. 203. MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER STUDENT LOAN FOR-
GIVENESS. 
Part F of title VII of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 295h) is amended— 
(1) by amending the part heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘SUBSTANCE
USE
DISORDER
TREAT-
MENT
AND
MENTAL
HEALTH
WORKFORCE 
LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS’’; 
(2) in section 781(e)(2), by striking ‘‘338I, or 
846’’ and inserting ‘‘338I, 782, or 846’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 782. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR MENTAL 
HEALTH WORKFORCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, (in this section referred to as the ‘Sec-
retary’) shall carry out a program under which— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary enters into agreements with 
individuals to make payments in accordance with 
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subsection (b) on the principal of and interest on 
any eligible loan; and 
‘‘(2) the individuals each agree to the require-
ments of service in mental health services employ-
ment, as described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS.—For each year of obligated service 
by an individual pursuant to an agreement under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall make a payment to such 
individual as follows: 
‘‘(1) SERVICE IN A SHORTAGE AREA.—The Sec-
retary shall pay— 
‘‘(A) for each year of obligated service by 
an individual pursuant to an agreement under 
subsection (a), 1⁄6 of the principal of and inter-
est on each eligible loan of the individual which 
is outstanding on the date the individual began 
service pursuant to the agreement; and 
‘‘(B) for completion of the sixth and final 
year of such service, the remainder of such 
principal and interest. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The total amount of 
payments under this section to any individual shall 
not exceed $75,000. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE LOANS.—The loans eligible for repay-
ment under this section are each of the following: 
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‘‘(1) Any loan for education or training for a 
substance use disorder treatment employment. 
‘‘(2) Any loan under part E of title VIII (relat-
ing to nursing student loans). 
‘‘(3) Any Federal Direct Stafford Loan, Fed-
eral Direct PLUS Loan, Federal Direct Unsub-
sidized Stafford Loan, or Federal Direct Consolida-
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) REQUIREMENTS OF SERVICE.—Any individual 
receiving payments under this program as required by an 
agreement under subsection (a) shall agree to an annual 
commitment to full-time employment, with no more than 
1 year passing between any 2 years of covered employ-
ment, in mental health services employment in the United 
States in a Mental Health Professional Shortage Area, as 
designated under section 332. 
‘‘(e) INELIGIBILITY FOR DOUBLE BENEFITS.—No 
borrower may, for the same service, receive a reduction 
of loan obligations or a loan repayment under both— 
‘‘(1) this section; and 
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‘‘(2) any federally supported loan forgiveness 
program, including under section 338B, 338I, 781, 
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 this section, 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) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘community-based organization’ includes, ex-
cept as otherwise provided by the Secretary, a non-
profit community-based organization, a consortium 
of nonprofit community-based organizations, a na-
tional nonprofit organization acting as an inter-
mediary for a community-based organization, or a 
community-based organization that has a fiscal 
sponsor that allows the organization to function as 
an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
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