PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978 Grants and contracts under paragraph (1) (other than those described in subparagraph (E) of this paragraph) to private entities may only be made to such entities to provide technical assistance in the States in which they are primarily engaged in business. "(b)(1) No grant may be made under subsection (a) unless an application therefor has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner and shall contain such information as the Secretary may require by regulation. " (2) The amount of any grant or contract under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary, except that no grant or contract to any entity in any fiscal year may exceed $500,000. (c) The Secretary shall establish a Primary Health Care Advisory Committee (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Committee') to make recommendations respecting— "(1) the capabilities of applicants for grants and contracts under subsection (a) to effectively carry out the projects for which the grants and contracts would be made; " (2) the renewal of grants and contracts under such subsection; and "(3) the evaluation to be made under section 106(b) of the Migrant and Community Health Centers Amendments of 1978. The Committee shall consist of five members appointed by the Secretary, in accordance with section 222, from individuals who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government and who because of their expertise in providing technical assistance to primary health care centers are particularly qualified to serve on the Committee. " (d)(1) For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. "(2) The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts under subsection (a) shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.", (b) Not later than March 1, 1981, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall submit a report to Congress—
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(1) on the effectiveness of the entities assisted under section 340A of the Public Health Service Act— (A) in establishing centers which meet the requirements of section 329 or 330 of the Public Health Service Act or ., t. other centers for the provision of primary health care, ,.>,; (B) in improving the acceptability, in the communities served, of migrant health centers, community health centers,
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and other centers engaged in the delivery of primary health !. r- J care, (C) in improving the ability of such centers to attract and retain health professions personnel, and ," (D) in assisting such centers in reducing their dependence on public funding; (2) on the extent to which the effectiveness of entities assisted under grants and contracts under such section 340A depends on (A) the type of area to be served by the centers for which planning, development, and operation assistance was provided by ri such entities, and (B) the organizational structure of such entities;
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92 STAT. 3561
Limitations.
Primary Health Care Advisory Committee. Establishment.
Ante, p. 3560.
42 USC 217a.
Appropriation authorization.
Report to Congress. 42 USC 256a note. Ante, p. 3560. Ante, p. 3551, 42 USC 254c.
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