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 PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976 (2) (A^ Any area for which a designation under section 329(b) of the Public Health Service Act (as in effect on September 30, 1977) was in effect on such date and in which National Health Service Corps personnel were, on such date, providing, under an assignment made under such section (as so in effect), health care and services for persons residing in such area shall, effective October 1, 1977, be considered under subpart II of part C of title III of such Act (as added by subsection (b) of this section) to (i) be designated a health manpower shortage area (as defined by section 332 of such Act (as so added)), and (ii) have had an application approved under section 333 of such Act (as so added) for the assignment of Corps personnel unless, as determined under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the assignment period applicable to such area (within the meaning of section 334 (as so added)) has expired. (B) The assignment period (within the meaning of such section 334) applicable to an area described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall be considered to have begun on the date Corps personnel were first assigned to such area under section 329 of such Act (as in effect on September 30, 1977). (C) In the case of any physician or dentist member of the Corps who was providing health care and services on September 30, 1977, under an assignment made under section 329(b) of such Act (as in effect on September 30, 1977), the number of the months during which such member provided such care and services before October 1, 1977, shall be counted in determining the application of the additional pay provisions of section 331(d) of such Act (as added by subsection (b) of this section) to such number. (3) The amendment made by subsection (b) which established an Advisory Council previously established under section 329 of the Public Health Service Act shall not be construed as requiring the establishment of a new Advisory Council under such section 337; and the amendment made by such subsection with respect to the composition of such Advisory Council shall apply with respect to appointments made to the Advisory Council after October 1, 1977, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make appointments to the Advisory Council after such date in a manner which will brin^ about, at the earliest feasible time, the Advisory Council composition prescribed by the amendment. fd)(1) Section 741(f)(1)(C) is amended by striking out all that follows after "in a State" and inserting in lieu thereof "in a health manpower shortage area designated under section 332:". (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to agreements entered into under section 741(f) of the Public Health Service Act after September 30, 1977. SCHOLARSHIPS AND PUBLIC H E A L T H

90 STAT. 2279

42 USC 294a, ^^'*°42 USC 294n °°*®-

TRAINEESHIPS

SEC. 408. (a) Effective October 1, 1977, part C of title VII is Effective date, amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subpart: "Subpart III—Traineeships for Students in Schools of Public Health and Other Graduate Programs TRAINEESHIPS (<

FOR STUDENTS I N SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC H E A L T H

"SEC. 748. (a) The Secretary may make grants to accredited Grants, schools of public health for traineeships to train students enrolled in 42 USC 294r. such schools.

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