Public Law (P.L) 101-527, the Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990 (enacted November 6, 1990) created a program of financial assistance for disadvantaged health professions students. This program falls within the existing legislative authority for the Health Professions Student Loan (HPSL) program. Further, it is governed by the same requirements associated with the HPSL program. There are, however, some important differences between the HPSL and LDS programs. Specifically, the purpose of the LDS program is to provide new funding for long-term, low-interest rate loans to eligible individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who are enrolled full-time at eligible health professions schools.
The remainder of the section describes the program requirements for LDS. When requirements are identical to the HPSL program, readers are referred to Health Professions, HPSL.
