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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2502 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to deem certain training in geriatric 
medicine or geriatric psychiatry to be obligated service for purposes 
of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2007 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. SKELTON, and Mr. RUSH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to deem certain 
training in geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry to 
be obligated service for purposes of the National Health 
Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Geriatricians Loan 
Forgiveness Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS LOAN REPAY-
MENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 338B(g) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l–1(g)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OBLIGATED SERVICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
section, each year of training in geriatric medi-
cine or geriatric psychiatry that is required in 
order to obtain a certificate of added qualifica-
tion in geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry 
shall be deemed to be a year of obligated serv-
ice. Upon the completion of such training, an 
individual with respect to whom a year of train-
ing is deemed to be a year of obligated service 
under this paragraph shall, after consultation 
with the Secretary, provide services in geriatric 
medicine or geriatric psychiatry as appropriate 
during the remainder of such individual’s period 
of obligated service. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The number of fellow-
ship years in geriatric medicine or geriatric psy-
chiatry that are deemed to be a year of obli-
gated service under this paragraph shall not ex-
ceed 400 in any calendar year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to applications submitted 
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 338B of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254l–1) on or after the date that is 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) FIRST YEAR OF PROGRAM.—For the period 
beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act and ending on December 
31 of the calendar year in which such period begins, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
ratably reduce the maximum number of fellowship 
years in geriatric medicine or geriatric psychiatry 
that may be deemed to be a year of obligated service 
under section 338B(g)(5)(B) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l–1(g)(5)(B)) (as added 
by subsection (a)) to reflect the portion of the year 
that the amendment made by subsection (a) is in ef-
fect. 
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