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 PUBLIC LAW 94-460—OCT. 8, 1976

90 STAT. 1949

service area (as defined by the Secretary) or which will provide services in. one or more areas which are not contiguous, $1,600,000". (c) Section 1305(a) is amended by striking out "first thirty-six 42 USC 300e-4. months" each place it occurs and substituting "first sixty months". LOAN GUARANTEES FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES

SEC. 108. (a) Section 1304(a)(2) is amended to read as follows: "(2) guarantee to non-Federal lenders payment of the principal of and the interest on loans made to— "(A) nonprofit private entities for planning projects for the establishment or expansion of health maintenance organizations, or " (B) other private entities for such projects for health maintenance organizations which will serve medically underserved populations.". (b) Section 1304(b)(1)(B) is amended to read as follows: "(B) guarantee to non-Federal lenders payment of the principal of and the interest on loans made to— "(i) nonprofit private entitie§ for projects for the initial development of health maintenance organizations, or "(ii) other private entities for such projects for health maintenance organizations which will serve medically underserved populations.". (c) Section 1305(a)(3) is amended to read as follows: "(3) guarantee to non-Federal lenders payment of the principal of and the interest on loans made to— "(A) nonprofit private health maintenance organizations for the amounts referred to in paragraph (1) or (2), or "(B) other private health maintenance organizations for such amounts but only if the health maintenance organization will serve a medically underserved population.". (d)(1) Section 1304(d) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "In considering applications for loan guarantees under this section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for projects for health maintenance organizations which will serve medically underserved populations.". (2) Section 1305 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) In considering applications for loan guarantees under this section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications for health maintenance organizations which will serve medically underserved populations.".

42 USC 300e-3.

42 USC 300e-4.

Special consideration.

MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

SEC. 109. (a)(1) Section 1305(a) is amended by striking out "in 42 USC 300e-4. the period of" in paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting "during a period not to exceed". (2) The last sentence of 1305(b)(1) is amended to read as follows: Limitation. "In any fiscal year the amount disbursed to a health maintenance organization under this section (either directly by the Secretary or by an escrow agent under the terms of an escrow agreement or by a lender under a loan guaranteed under this section) may not exceed $1,000,000.".

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