# Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2020-07-29 · Effective 2020-08-28 · 85 FR 45532
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-15411
- **Category:** va-education
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 45532
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2020-07-29
- **Effective date:** 2020-08-28
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern scholarship programs to certain health care professionals. This rulemaking implements the mandates of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 by establishing a Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program, which will assist VA in meeting the staffing needs of VA physicians in medical specialties for which VA has determined that recruitment or retention of qualified personnel is difficult.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/29/2020-15411/specialty-education-loan-repayment-program)
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