PUBLIC LAW 101-597—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3013 Public Law 101-597 101st Congress An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for the National Health Service Corps, and to establish certain programs of grants to the States for improving health services in the States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990". TITLE I—REVISIONS IN GENERAL PRO- GRAM FOR NATIONAL HEALTH SERV- ICE CORPS Nov. 16, 1990 [H.R. 4487] National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990. 42 USC 201 note. SEC. 101. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS. (a) PROVISION OF PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES.— Section 331(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d(a)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (D- (A) by inserting "(1)" after the subsection designation; and (B) by striking "There is" and all that follows and inserting the following: "For the purpose of eliminating health manpower shortages in health manpower shortage areas, there is established, within the Service, the National Health Service Corps, which shall consist of—"; (2) by striking "States," at the end of paragraph (1)(C) and all that follows and inserting "States."; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: "(2) The Corps shall be utilized by the Secretary to provide primary health services in health manpower shortage areas. "(3) For purposes of this subpart and subpart III: "(A) The term 'Corps' means the National Health Service Corps. "(B) The term 'Corps member' means each of the officers, employees, and individuals of which the Corps consists pursuant to paragraph (1). "(C) The term 'health manpower shortage area' has the meaning given such term in section 332(a). "(D) The term 'primary health services' means health services regarding family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, dentistry, or mental health, that are provided by physicians or other health professionals.".
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