Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/929

 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 903

(such officers, employees, and individuals hereinafter in this subpart referred to as 'Corps members'), and". (b) Section 331(b) is amended by striking out "shall" and inserting 42 USC 254d. in lieu thereof "may". (c) The first sentence of section 331(c) is amended by inserting "(including individuals considering entering into a written agreement pursuant to section 338C)" after "positions in the Corps". (d)(1) Section 331(d)(1) is amended by inserting after "each member of the Corps" the following: "(other than a member described in subsection (a)(1)(C))". (2) Section 331(d)(1)(A) is amended by striking out "shall" and inserting in lieu thereof "may". (3) Section 331(d)(1)(B) is amended by striking out "shall" and inserting in lieu thereof "may". (4) Section 331(d) is further amended by adding at the end the following: "(3) A member of the Corps described in subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1) shall when assigned to an entity under section 333 be subject to the personnel system of such entity, except that such member shall receive during the period of assignment the income that the member would receive if the member was a member of the Corps described in subparagraph (B) of such subsection.". (e) Section 331(g) is amended to read as follows: "(g)(1) The Secretary shall, by rule, prescribe conversion provisions applicable to any individual who, within a year after completion of service as a member of the Corps described in subsection (a)(1)(C), becomes a commissioned officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Service. "(2) The rules prescribed under paragraph (1) shall provide that in applying the appropriate provisions of this Act which relate to retirement, any individual who becomes such an officer shall be entitled to have credit for any period of service as a member of the Corps described in subsection (a)(1)(C).". (f)(1) Section 331(h)(1) is amended by striking out "Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof "Health and Human Services". (2) Section 331(h)(2) is amended by striking out "section 751" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 338A". (3) Section 331(h)(3) is amended by inserting "Commonwealth of the" before "Northern Mariana Islands". DESIGNATION OF HEALTH MANPOWER SHORTAGE AREAS

SEC. 2702. (a) Section 332(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 254e(a)(l)) is amended by inserting before the comma at the end thereof "and which is not reasonably accessible to an adequately served area". (b) Section 332(h) is amended by striking out "shall" and inserting in lieu thereof "may". (c) Effective October 1, 1981, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— (1) evaluate the criteria used under section 332(b) of the Public Health Service Act to determine if the use of the criteria has resulted in areas which do not have a shortage of health professions personnel being designated as health manpower shortage areas; and (2) consider different criteria (including the actual use of health professions personnel in an area by the residents of an area taking into account their health status and indicators of an

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