Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 5.djvu/788

 102 STAT. 4794

PUBLIC LAW 100-713—NOV. 23, 1988

"(A) the number of such applications filed with respect to each type of health profession; "(B) the health professional positions maintained by the Service or by tribal or Indian organizations for which recruitment or retention is difficult; "(C) the number of contracts described in subsection (f) that are entered into with respect to each health profession; and "(D) the amount of loan payments made in total and by health profession. "(2) Not later than the first of July of each year, beginning in 1989, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on— "(A) the number of providers of health care that will be needed by Indian health programs by location and profession, during the three fiscal years beginning after the date the report is filed; and "(B) the measures the Secretary plans to take to fill the hesQth professional positions maintained by the Service or by tribes or tribal or Indian organizations for which recruitment or retention is difficult. "(o) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this section. "TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR RECRUITMENT

25 USC 1616b.

"SEC. 109. (a) The Secretary may reimburse health professionals seeking positions in the Service, including individuals considering entering into a contract under section 108, and their spouses, for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to and from their places of residence to an area in which they may be assigned for the purpose of evaluating such area with respect to such assignment. "(b) There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. TRIBAL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM

25 USC 1616c.

"SEC. 110. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall fund, on a competitive basis, projects to enable Indian tribes and tribal and Indian organizations to recruit, place, and retain health professionals to meet the staffing needs of Indian health programs (as defined in section 108(a)(2)). "(b)(1) Any Indian tribe or tribal or Indian organization may submit an application for funding of a project pursuant to t h ^ section. "(2) Indian tribes and tribal and Indian organizations under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination Act shall be given an equal opportunity with programs that are administered directly by the Service to compete for, and receive, grants under subsection (a) for such projects. "(c) There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.

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