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 101 STAT. 986

PUBLIC LAW 100-177—DEC. 1, 1987

Public Law 100-177 100th Congress

An Act Dec. 1, 1987 [S. 1158]

Public Health Service Amendments of 1987. 42 USC 201 note.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program and to otherwise revise and extend the program for the National Health Service Corps.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Public Health Service Amendments of 1987". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. References to the Public Health Service Act.

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TITLE I - H E A L T H RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS 101. Establishment of certain rural programs of National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment. 102. Duties and composition of National Advisory Council on Health Care Technology Assessment. 103. Prohibition against altering certain administrative relationships. 104. National Center for Health Statistics. 105. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. , i, 106. Health care reports and profiles. 107. Requirement of peer review groups for evaluations of grant proposals. 108. Authorization of appropriations. 109. Requirement with respect to amount of non-Federal contributions in grant program for Council on Health Care Technology. 110. Project grants for preventive health projects for immunizations. 111. Project grants for preventive health projects for tuberculosis; additional grants. TITLE II—NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM 201. Establishment of loan repayment program. 202. Technical and conforming amendments. 203. Report and authorization of appropriations for scholarship and loan repayment programs; State programs. 204. Special repayment provisions. 205. Regulations. TITLE III—NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS 301. Requirement of consideration of needs of Indian Health Service, certain Indian tribes, and the homeless. 302. Designation of health manpower shortage areas. 303. Placement of physicians. 304. Assignment of family physicians. 305. Authorizations of appropriations for general operations of National Health Service Corps. 306. Obligated service. 307. Private practice. 308. Discharge of obligations in bankruptcy. 309. Special loans for Corps members to enter private practice.

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