note. PUBLIC LAW 107-251—OCT. 26, 2002 116 STAT. 1645 health professional shortage areas are based so that such criteria provide a more accurate reflection of oral health care need, particularly in rural areas. (2) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.— Section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(i) DISSEMINATION.—The Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration shall disseminate information concerning the designation criteria described in subsection (b) to— "(1) the Governor of each State; "(2) the representative of any area, population group, or facility selected by any such Governor to receive such information; "(3) the representative of any area, population group, or facility that requests such information; and "(4) the representative of any area, population group, or facility determined by the Administrator to be likely to meet the criteria described in subsection (b).". (e) GAO STUDY.— Not later than February 1, 2005, the Comp- Deadline, troller General of the United States shall submit to the Congress j^ JJSC 254e a report on the appropriateness of the criteria, including but not limited to infant mortality rates, access to health services taking into account the distance to primary health services, the rate of poverty and ability to pay for health services, and low birth rates, established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the designation of health professional shortage areas and whether the deeming of federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics as such areas is appropriate and necessary. SEC. 303. ASSIGNMENT OF CORPS PERSONNEL. Section 333 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking "(specified in the agreement described in section 334)"; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking "nonprofit"; and (iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: "(C) the entity agrees to comply with the requirements of section 334; and"; and (B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end "In approving such applications, the Secretary shall give pref- erence to applications in which a nonprofit entity or public entity shall provide a site to which Corps members may be assigned."; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4), by striking "nonprofit" each place it appears; and (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the second sentence— (I) in subparagraph (C), by striking "and" at the end; and
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