About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-190935 1 (1979-10-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhqq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iftHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION .2 . OF THE UNITED STATES VWASHINGTON, 0.C. 2O548 FILE: B-19093 MATTER OF: DIGEST: UN IT0) 5 DATE: October 4, 1979 Dr. Ralph E. Gaskins, Jr., Armed Forces'Health Professions Scholarship Program - Request for Reconsideration Decision B-190935, January 25, 1979, in which we held that doctor participating in Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program who did not fulfill his active duty commitment had to reimburse Navy for full cost of financial 0 assistance he received, including monthly A stipend payments, is affirmed. Since participant in Navy Program are not required to perform any military duties while attending school other than while on active duty, for which they are paid separately, stipend cannot justifiably be treated as salary for present services. Instead, stipend is part of total benefits paid to participants to induce them to enter Armed Forces and as such should be viewed as other educational costs that must be repaid if service commitment is not met. This decision is in response to a request from counsel for Ralph E. Gaskins, Jr., M.D., for our Office to reconsider our decision, Dr. Ralph E. Gaskins, Jr. - Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (B-190935, January 25, 1979). In that decision, we concluded that Dr. Gaskins was indebted to the United States for the total amount of $17,137.08 that he received in scholarship benefits while participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (AFHPSP), 10 U.S.C. §§ 2120-2127 (1976). As stated in our decision of January 25, 1979, Public Law No. 92-426, approved September 21, 1972, established the AFHPSP and au- thorized the Department of the Navy (as well as the other military .departments) to provide scholarship assistance to participants, including the cost of tuition, books, and miscellaneous fees, as well as a $400 monthly stipend. In return for receiving such assistance, program participants must promise to fulfill an active duty obligation, upon their graduation from professional school, of at least one year for every year of participation in the Program. J-6-m

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most