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 100 STAT. 1484

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

"(1) general information with respect to the average indebtedness of students who have loans under part B or part E; and "(2) the average anticipated monthly repa5ntnents, a review of the repayment options available, together with such debt and management strategies as the institution determines are designed to facilitate the repayment of such indebtedness. In the case of a borrower who leaves an institution without the prior knowledge of the institution, the institution shall attempt to provide the information to the student in writing. "(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATION PERSONNEL.—Each eligible institution shall designate an employee or group of employees who shall be available on a full-time basis to assist students or potential students in obtaining information as specified in subsection (a). The Secretary may, by regulation, waive the requirement that an employee or employees be available on a full-time basis for carrying out responsibilities required under this section whenever an institution in which the total enrollment, or the portion of the enrollment participating in programs under this title at that institution, is too small to necessitate such employee or employees being available on a full-time basis. No such waiver may include permission to exempt any such institution from designating a specific individual or a group of individuals to carry out the provisions of this section. "(d) DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATION OF DESCRIPTIONS OF ASSISTANCE

PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall make available to eligible institutions, eligible lenders, and secondary schools descriptions of Federal student assistance programs including the rights and responsibilities of student and institutional participants, in order to (1) assist students in gaining information through institutional sources, and (2) assist institutions in carrying out the provisions of this section, so that individual and institutional participants will be fully aware of their rights and responsibilities under such programs. In particular, such information shall include information to enable students and prospective students to assess the debt burden and monthly and total repayment obligations that will be incurred as a result of receiving loans of varying amounts under this title. Such information shall be provided by eligible institutions and eligible lenders at any time that information regarding loan availability is provided to any student. "COMBINED PAYMENT PLAN

20 USC 1092a. 42 USC 294.

"SEC. 485A. (a) EuGiBiLiTY FOR PLAN.—Upon the request of the borrower, a lender described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of section 428C(a)(l) of this Act, or defined in subpart I of part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act may, with respect to a consolidation loan made under section 428C of this Act (and section 439(o) of this Act as in effect prior to the enactment of section 4280) and loans guaranteed under subpart I of part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (known as Health Education Assistance Loans), offer a combined payment plan under which the lender shall submit one bill to the borrower for the repayment of all such loans for the monthly or other similar period of repayment. "(b) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—A lender offering a

combined payment plan shall comply with all provisions of section 428C applicable to loans consolidated or to be consolidated and shall comply with all provisions of subpart I of part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act applicable to loans under that subpart

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