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 124 STAT. 607 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 (b) STUDENT LOAN GUIDELINES.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not require parental financial information for an independent student to determine financial need under sec- tion 723 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292s) and the determination of need for such information shall be at the discretion of applicable school loan officer. The Secretary shall amend guidelines issued by the Health Resources and Services Administration in accordance with the preceding sentence. SEC. 5202. NURSING STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM. (a) LOAN AGREEMENTS.—Section 836(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297b(a)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘$2,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,300’’; (2) by striking ‘‘$4,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,200’’; and (3) by striking ‘‘$13,000’’ and all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘$17,000 in the case of any student during fiscal years 2010 and 2011. After fiscal year 2011, such amounts shall be adjusted to provide for a cost-of-attendance increase for the yearly loan rate and the aggregate of the loans.’’. (b) LOAN PROVISIONS.—Section 836(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297b(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘1986’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the date of enactment of the Nurse Training Amendments of 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘September 29, 1995’’. SEC. 5203. HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS. Part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294n et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Subpart 3—Recruitment and Retention Programs ‘‘SEC. 775. INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW’S PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE. ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish and carry out a pediatric specialty loan repayment program under which the eligible individual agrees to be employed full-time for a specified period (which shall not be less than 2 years) in providing pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent mental and behavioral health care, including substance abuse prevention and treatment services. ‘‘(b) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—Through the program estab- lished under this section, the Secretary shall enter into contracts with qualified health professionals under which— ‘‘(1) such qualified health professionals will agree to provide pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent mental and behavioral health care in an area with a shortage of the specified pediatric subspecialty that has a sufficient pediatric population to support such pedi- atric subspecialty, as determined by the Secretary; and ‘‘(2) the Secretary agrees to make payments on the principal and interest of undergraduate, graduate, or graduate medical education loans of professionals described in paragraph (1) of not more than $35,000 a year for each year of agreed upon service under such paragraph for a period of not more than 3 years during the qualified health professional’s— Contracts. 42 USC 295f. 42 USC 292s note.