1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2018 . 2. Loan repayment program for mental health professionals in shortage Title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amended— (1) by redesignating part F ( 42 U.S.C. 295j et seq.) as part G; and (2) by inserting after part E ( 42 U.S.C. 294n et seq.) the following: F Mental Health Professionals in Workforce Shortage 781. Loan repayment program for mental health professionals in workforce shortages (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall carry out a program under which— (1) the Secretary enters into agreements with individuals to make payments in accordance with subsection (b) on the principal of and interest on any eligible loan; and (2) the individuals each agree to complete a period of service in a mental health professional shortage area. (b) Payments For each year of obligated service by an individual pursuant to an agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make a payment to such individual as follows: (1) Service in a shortage area The Secretary shall pay— (A) for each year of obligated service by an individual pursuant to an agreement under subsection (a), 1⁄6 of the principal of and interest on each eligible loan of the individual which is outstanding on the date the individual began service pursuant to the agreement