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only if such utilization shall assure the continual provi

sion of care to persons entitled to care and treatment at

such facilities at such time.";

(2) by striking out "If there are no such facilities

in such area" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "If there are no health facilities in or serving such area";

(3) by adding after the second sentence the following new sentence: "In providing such care and services, the Secretary may (A) make such arrangements as he determines are necessary for the use of equipment and supplies of the Service and for the lease or acquisition of equipment and supplies, and (B) secure the temporary services of nurses and allied health professionals."; and

(4) by inserting "(1)" after "(d)" and by adding at the end the following:

"(2) The Secretary shall conduct at medical and nurs18 ing schools and other schools of the health professions and 19 training centers for the allied health professions, recruiting 20 programs for the Corps. Such programs shall include the 21 wide dissemination of written information on the Corps and 22 visits to such schools by personnel of the Corps."

(e) Section 329 (e) (1) of such Act is amended by add

24 ing at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The

1 Secretary may not assign personnel of the Corps under 2 subsection (b) (2) without the approval of the Council." 3 (f) Section 329 (f) of such Act is amended (1) by 4 striking out "Service" in paragraphs (1) and (3) and in5 serting in lieu thereof "Corps", and (2) by striking out "to 6 select commissioned officers of the Service and other per7 sonnel" in paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "to 8 select personnel of the Corps".

9 (g) Subsection (g) of section 329 of such Act is re10 designated as subsection (h) and the following new sub11 section is inserted after subsection (f) of such section:

"(g) The Secretary shall report to Congress no later

13 than May 15 of each year

"(1) the number of areas designated under subsection (b) in the calendar year preceding the year in which the report is made as having critical health man

power shortages and the number of areas which the Secretary estimates will be so designated in the calendar year in which the report is made;

"(2) the number and types of Corps personnel as

signed in such preceding calendar year to areas designated under subsection (b), the number and types of additional Corps personnel which the Secretary esti

mates will be assigned to such areas in the calendar year

in which the report is submitted, and the need (if any)

for additional personnel for the Corps; and

"(3) the number of applications filed in such pre

ceding calendar year for assignment of Corps personnel

under this section and the action taken on each such

application."

(h) Section 329 (g) of such Act is amended by strik8 ing out "and" after "1972;" and by striking out the period 9 at the end and inserting in lieu thereof "; $30,000,000 for 10 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974; $40,000,000 for the 11 fiscal year ending June 30, 1975."

SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary may not close or transfer 13 control of a hospital or other health care delivery facility of

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the Public Health Service unless

(1) he transmits to each House of Congress, on the same day and while each House is in session, a detailed explanation (meeting the requirements of subsection (b)) for the proposed closing or transfer, and

(2) a period of ninety calendar days of continuous session of Congress has elapsed after the date on which such explanation is transmitted.

For purposes of paragraph (2), continuity of session is

23 broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die, and the 24 days on which either House is not in session because an

1 adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are 2 excluded in the computation of the ninety-day period.

3 (b) Each explanation submitted under subsection (a) 4 for closing or transferring control of a hospital or other health 5 care delivery facility of the Public Health Service shall 6 contain

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(1) (A) assurances that persons entitled to treatment and care at the hospital or other facility proposed to be closed or transferred and persons for whom care and treatment at such hospital or other facility is authorized will, after the proposed closing or transfer, con

tinue to be provided such equivalent care and treatment through such hospital or other facility, or under such new arrangement and (B) an estimate of the cost of providing such care and treatment to such persons after the proposed closing or transfer;

(2) (A) assurances that the health service needs of the critical manpower shortage areas near the facility will not be impaired by the closing or transfer and (B)

a detailed explanation of how such persons will be pro

vided such care and treatment after the proposed closing or transfer; and

(3) (A) assurances that any teaching program con

24 ducted at the hospital or other facility proposed to be

closed may be conducted at other appropriate facilities,

1 and (B) a detailed explanation of how such program will

be conducted after the proposed closing or transfer.

(4) the approval of those agencies established under section 314 (a) and (b) of this Act, having jurisdiction in the area in which such hospital or other facility is located, where both such agencies exist or the approval of only one such agency where only one exists in such area.

SEC. 4. Section 741 (f) of the Public Health Service 10 Act is amended (1) by striking out "The payments" in 11 paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as 12 otherwise provided in this paragraph, the payments", and 13 (2) by adding after and below subparagraph (C) the 14 following:

"In the case of any individual who qualified under para16 graph (1) for payments on the principal of and interest on 17 a loan and who, as a member of the National Health Service 18 Corps, practices his profession in an area designated under 19 section 329 (b), the portion of the principal of and inter20 est on the loans for which payments may be made for and on 21 his behalf under paragraph (1) shall, upon completion of 22 the first year of such practice, be 50 per centum and, upon 23 completion of the second year of such practice, be the re24 maining 50 per centum."

SEC. 5. Title II of the Public Health Service Act is

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