If a student borrower has received a loan through the Future Teacher Loan Program with respect to which a portion of the interest is payable by the U.S. Secretary of Education under the Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part B, §428(a), or would be payable but for the adjusted family income of the borrower, dies or becomes permanently and totally disabled (as determined in accordance with the regulations of the United States secretary of education), then the commissioner shall seek to have the borrower's liability on the loan discharged under provisions of Public Law 89-329.