; and (B) to engage the community in health workforce development; (2) developing, enhancing, or accelerating innovative undergraduate and graduate programs in the biomedical sciences and health professions; and (3) strengthening pipeline programs in the biomedical sciences and health professions, including by developing partnerships between institutions of higher education and elementary schools and secondary schools to recruit the next generation of health professionals earlier in the pipeline to a health care career. 310. Loan forgiveness for mental and behavioral health social workers Section 455 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (r) Repayment plan for mental and behavioral health social workers (1) In general The Secretary shall cancel the balance of interest and principal due, in accordance with paragraph (2), on any eligible Federal Direct Loan not in default for a borrower who— (A) has made 120 monthly payments on the eligible Federal Direct Loan after October 1, 2016, pursuant to any one or a combination of the following— (i) payments under an income-based repayment plan under section 493C; (ii) payments under a standard repayment plan under subsection (d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment period; (iii) monthly payments under a repayment plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g) of not less than the monthly amount calculated under subsection (d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment period; or (iv) payments under an income contingent repayment plan under subsection (d)(1)(D); and (B) (i) is employed as a mental health or behavioral health social worker, as defined by the Secretary by regulation, at the time of such forgiveness