Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 3.djvu/50

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116 STAT. 1642 PUBLIC LAW 107-251—OCT. 26, 2002 in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines to be reasonable. Deadline. "(f) REPORT.— Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that shall evaluate activities funded with grants under this section. "(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2003 through 2006.". TITLE III—NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM SEC. 301. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 331 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d) is amended— (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a)(3) the following: "(E)(i) The term 'behavioral and mental health professionals' means health service psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatric nurse specialists, and psychiatrists. "(ii) The term 'graduate program of behavioral and mental health' means a program that trains behavioral and mental health professionals."; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking "health professions" and inserting "health professions, including schools at which graduate programs of behavioral and mental health are offered,"; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting "behavioral and mental health professionals," after "dentists,"; and (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: "(c)(1) The Secretary may reimburse an applicant for a position in the Corps (including an individual considering entering into a written agreement pursuant to section 338D) for the actual and reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to and from the applicant's place of residence to an eligible site to which the applicant may be assigned under section 333 for the purpose of evaluating such site with regard to being assigned at such site. The Secretary may establish a maximum total amount that may be paid to an individual as reimbursement for such expenses. "(2) The Secretary may. also reimburse the applicant for the actual and reasonable expenses incurred for the travel of 1 family member to accompany the applicant to such site. The Secretary may establish a maximum total amount that may be paid to an individual as reimbursement for such expenses. "(3) In the case of an individual who has entered into a contract for obligated service under the Scholarship Program or under the Loan Repayment Program, the Secretary may reimburse such individual for all or part of the actual and reasonable expenses incurred in transporting the individual, the individual's family, and the family's possessions to the site of the individual's assignment under section 333. The Secretary may establish a maximum total amount