38 U.S.C. § 7682 — Eligibility
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-368 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 155 words · no verdicts yet
This section says who can join the VA's Education Debt Reduction Program. You must work in a hard-to-fill Veterans Health Administration patient-care job and owe money on a qualifying student loan.
(a) Eligibility: You may join the Education Debt Reduction Program if you: (1) work for the Veterans Health Administration in a position (as the Secretary* determines) that provides direct patient-care services or related services, and that is difficult to recruit or keep qualified staff for; and (2) owe principal or interest on a loan whose proceeds paid for the education or training that led to the degree qualifying you for that position.
(b) Covered Costs: For purposes of (a)(2), qualifying costs include: (1) tuition expenses; (2) other reasonable education expenses, including fees, books, and lab expenses; and (3) reasonable living expenses.
An individual is eligible to participate in the Education Debt Reduction Program if the individual—
is an employee in the Veterans Health Administration serving in a position (as determined by the Secretary*) providing direct-patient care services or services incident to direct-patient care services for which recruitment or retention of qualified health-care personnel (as so determined) is difficult; and
owes any amount of principal or interest under a loan, the proceeds of which were used by or on behalf of that individual to pay costs relating to a course of education or training which led to a degree that qualified the individual for the position referred to in paragraph (1).
For purposes of subsection (a)(2), costs relating to a course of education or training include—
tuition expenses;
all other reasonable educational expenses, including expenses for fees, books, and laboratory expenses; and
reasonable living expenses.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–368, title VIII, § 803(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3357; amended Pub. L. 107–135, title I, § 102(b), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2448; Pub. L. 111–163, title III, § 301(b), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1146.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-368 · 112 Stat. 3357
- 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-135 · 115 Stat. 2448
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-163 · 124 Stat. 1146
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-368 on 1998-11-11.
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