The expanded Professional Nurses' Student Loan Repayment Program is limited to federally-funded repayments on education loans on behalf of eligible professional nurses whose service period ended on October 1, 1990, or later. Payments in the expanded program must be matched with an equivalent amount of state funds. The Commissioner may authorize repayment of eligible education loans made to an eligible professional nurse who first qualifies for a state-funded repayment and additionally qualifies for a federal repayment under federal guidelines.