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(A) Demonstrates sufficient infrastructure 
in size, scope, and capacity to undertake the 
supplemental clinical and cultural competency 
training of a minimum of 5 psychiatric physi-
cians, and to provide ongoing professional sup-
port to psychiatric physicians during the de-
ployment period to an Indian health program. 
(B) Demonstrates a record in successfully 
recruiting, training, and deploying physicians 
who are American Indians and Alaska Natives. 
(C) Demonstrates the ability to establish a 
program advisory board, which may be pri-
marily composed of representatives of federally 
recognized tribes, Alaska Natives, and Indian 
health programs to be served by the Program. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY OF PSYCHIATRIC PHYSICIANS TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate 
in the Program, as described in subsection (b), a 
psychiatric physician shall— 
(A) be licensed or eligible for licensure to 
practice in the State to which the physician is 
to be deployed under subsection (b)(4); and 
(B) demonstrate a commitment beyond the 
one year of training described in subsection 
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(b)(3) and two years of deployment described in 
subsection (b)(4) to a career as a specialty care 
physician or primary care physician providing 
mental health services in Indian health pro-
grams. 
(2) PREFERENCE.—In selecting physicians to 
participate under the Program, as described in sub-
section (b)(2), the grant recipient shall give pref-
erence to physicians who are American Indians and 
Alaska Natives. 
(e) LOAN FORGIVENESS.—Under the Program, any 
psychiatric physician accepted to participate in the Pro-
gram shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 
(b) of section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a) and upon acceptance into the Pro-
gram, be deemed eligible and enrolled to participate in the 
Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program under 
such section 108. Under such Loan Repayment Program, 
the Secretary shall pay on behalf of the physician for each 
year of deployment under the Program under this section 
up to $35,000 for loans described in subsection (g)(1) of 
such section 108. 
(f) DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN SERVICE.—The starting 
date of required service of individuals in the National 
Health Service Corps Service Program under title II of 
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the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) who 
are psychiatric physicians participating under the Pro-
gram under this section shall be deferred until the date 
that is 30 days after the date of completion of the partici-
pation of such a physician in the Program under this sec-
tion. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) AMERICAN
INDIANS
AND
ALASKA
NA-
TIVES.—The term ‘‘American Indians and Alaska 
Natives’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian’’ 
in section 447.50(b)(1) of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in existence as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) INDIAN HEALTH PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘In-
dian health program’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 104(12) of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603(12)). 
(3) PROFESSIONALLY
SUPPORT.—The term 
‘‘professionally support’’ means, with respect to psy-
chiatric physicians participating in the Program and 
deployed to practice specialty care or primary care 
in Indian health programs, the provision of com-
pensation to such physicians for the provision of 
such care during such deployment and may include 
the provision, dissemination, or sharing of best prac-
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tices, field training, and other activities deemed ap-
propriate by the recipient of the grant under this 
section. 
(4) PSYCHIATRIC PHYSICIAN.—The term ‘‘psy-
chiatric physician’’ means a medical doctor or doctor 
of osteopathy in good standing who has successfully 
completed four-year psychiatric residency training or 
who is enrolled in four-year psychiatric residency 
training in a residency program accredited by the 
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Edu-
cation. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 
2021. 
SEC. 511. EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON EATING DIS-
ORDERS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-
tion, shall award grants to eligible entities to integrate 
training into existing curricula for primary care physi-
cians, other licensed or certified health and mental health 
professionals, and public health professionals that may in-
clude— 
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(1) early intervention and identification of eat-
ing disorders; 
(2) types of treatment (including family-based 
treatment, inpatient, residential, partial hospitaliza-
tion programming, intensive outpatient and out-
patient); 
(3) how to properly refer patients to treatment; 
(4) steps to aid in the prevention of the devel-
opment of eating disordered behaviors; and 
(5) how to treat individuals with eating dis-
orders. 
(b) APPLICATION.—An entity that desires a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Secretary an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require, including a plan 
for the use of funds that may be awarded and an evalua-
tion of the training that will be provided. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant 
under this section shall use the funds made available 
through such grant to— 
(1) use a training program containing evidence- 
based findings, promising emerging best practices, 
or recommendations that pertain to the identifica-
tion, early intervention, prevention of the develop-
ment of eating disordered behaviors, and treatment 
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