Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/936

 92 STAT. 3568

42 USC 241.

42 USC 1305.

Report to Congress.

42 USC 1310.

"Medical underserved population." 42 USC 254c. Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978 "(9) such other projects as the Secretary determines to be necessary to further the purposes of this section. "(c)(1) The Secretary may not make a grant or enter into a contract under this section for a project if the project can be carried out under the authority of any other provision (other than section 301) of this Act. "(2) The Secretary shall, to the extent feasible, coordinate demonstration and research projects carried out under this section with any demonstration and research projects carried out under the Social Security Act for the reimbursement of services which are the subject of projects under this section. " (d)(1) No grant may be made under this section unless an application therefor is submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner and shall contain such information as the Secretary shall prescribe. "(2) The amount of any grant or contract under this section shall be determined by the Secretary. "(3) The Secretary may make payments under this section in advance or by way of reimbursement, and at such intervals and on such conditions as the Secretary may find necessary. "(e) The Secretary shall submit an annual report to Congress not latei' tlian March 1 ot each year (beginning with 1979) describing— "(1) the projects conducted under this section during the fiscal year ending in the previous year and why they could not be assisted under the authority of other provisions of this Act; "(2) the amount of funds expended in such fiscal year for each project area set forth in subsection (b) and, if more than 20 per centum of the amount appropriated for this section was expended on any single such project area, the reasons for such concentration of expenditures; and "(3) any recommendations resulting from the conduct of such projects. In (he first such report, the Secretary shall include the number of demonstration projects which were funded under section 1110 of the Social Security Act during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, which were related to health services in rural medical underserved areas, and which could have been assisted under this section during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, but for subsection (c)(1) of this section. "(f) As used in this section, the term 'medical underserved population' has the meaning given such term in section 330(b)(3). "(g)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of funding grants and contracts under this section in areas that are not urbanized areas (as defined by the Census Bureau) $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30.1979, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $22,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. " (2) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of funding grants and contracts under this section in urbanized areas (as defined by the Census Bureau) $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. "(3) The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under this section shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. "(4) The Secretary may continue to support, out of funds appropriated under this section, those demonstration projects which were

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