PUBLIC LAW 107-251—OCT. 26, 2002 116 STAT. 1621 Public Law 107-251 107th Congress An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and strengthen the health centers program and the National Health Service Corps, and to establish the Oct. 26, 2002 Healthy Communities Access Program, which will help coordinate services for [S 1533] the uninsured and underinsured, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Health Care Safety Net SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. Amendments of (a) SHORT TITLE. —This Act may be cited as the "Health Care l^^r^r om t Safety Net Amendments of 2002". ^"^ ^^^ ^^^ °°*^- (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. — The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—CONSOLIDATED HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM AMENDMENTS Sec. 101. Health centers. Sec. 102. Telemedicine; incentive grants regarding coordination among States. TITLE II—RURAL HEALTH Subtitle A—Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development, and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Programs Sec. 201. Grant programs. Subtitle B—Telehealth Grant Consolidation Sec. 211. Short title. Sec. 212. Consolidation and reauthorization of provisions. Subtitle C—Mental Health Services Telehealth Program and Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program Sec. 221. Programs. TITLE III—NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM Sec. 301. National Health Service Corps. Sec. 302. Designation of health professional shortage areas. Sec. 303. Assignment of Corps personnel. Sec. 304. Priorities in assignment of Corps personnel. Sec. 305. Cost-sharing. Sec. 306. Eligibility for Federal funds. Sec. 307. Facilitation of effective provision of Corps services. Sec. 308. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 309. National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program. Sec. 310. National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. Sec. 311. Obligated service. Sec. 312. Private practice. Sec. 313. Breach of scholarship contract or loan repayment contract. Sec. 314. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 315. Grants to States for loan repayment programs. Sec. 316. Demonstration grants to States for community scholarship programs. Sec. 317. Demonstration project.
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