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 92 STAT. 3562 Ante, p. 3560. 42 USC 241.

Report to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978 (3) comparing the effectiveness of entities assisted under such section 340A with the effectiveness of other entities assisted under other provisions of title III of the Public Health Service Act in providing technical assistance described in paragraph (1); and (4) recommending the most effective methods for providing technical assistance described in paragraph (1). (c) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall conduct an assessment of the various types of continuing education programs available for health professions personnel serving medical underserved populations and the effect such types of programs have on the retention of such personnel by centers engaged in the delivery of primary health care to such populations. The Secretary shall report the results of such assessment to Congress not later than January 1, 1980. MISCELLANEOUS

42 USC 300e-12. Primary Health Care Act of 1978.

SEC. 107. The first sentence of section 1313 is amended by inserting "(except as provided in sections 329, 330, and 340)" after "Act". P A R T B—PRIMARY HEALTH

CARE

SHORT TITLE

42 USC 201 note.

SEC. 111. (a) This part may be cited as the "Primary Health Care Act of 1978". FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

42 USC 254a-l note.

SEC. 112. (a) Congress finds that— (1) although the achievement of equal access to quality health care at a reasonable cost is a priority of the Federal Government, there remains a wide disparity throughout the Nation regarding the cost, quality, and availability of primary health services; (2) despite Federal financing programs designed to eliminate barriers to primary health services for the poor and the elderly, there remains a shortage of health resources to provide such services, especially in medically underserved urban and rural areas; and (3) residents of urban and rural medically underserved areas lacK the availability of basic and appropriate services for health promotion, disease prevention, and primary care. (b) I t is the purpose of this part— (1) to alleviate the shortage of health resources for the provision of primary health services to urban and rural medical underserved populations in the United States; and (2) to provide authorities for research and demonstration projects which develop innovative approaches for the organization and ^ ' delivery of primary health services. DESIGNATION OF PRIMARY H E A L T H CARE PART I N TITLE III OF PUBLIC H E A L T H SERVICE ACT

42 USC prec. 248. 42 USC 254a. Ante, p. 3551.

SEC. 113. (a) Title III is amended— (1) by striking out the heading to subpart I of part C; (2) by redesignating section 328 as section 327A; and (3) by inserting before section 329 (as redesignated by section 102(a) of this Act) the following heading:

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