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42 U.S.C. § 254i — Annual report to Congress; contents

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42 U.S.C. § 254i — Annual report to Congress; contents

The Secretary shall submit an annual report to Congress, and shall include in such report with respect to the previous calendar year— (1) the number, identity, and priority of all health professional shortage areas designated in such year and the number of health professional shortage areas which the Secretary estimates will be designated in the subsequent year; (2) the number of applications filed under [section 254f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f&num=0&edition=prelim) in such year for assignment of Corps members and the action taken on each such application; (3) the number and types of Corps members assigned in such year to health professional shortage areas, the number and types of additional Corps members which the Secretary estimates will be assigned to such areas in the subsequent year, and the need for additional members for the Corps; (4) the recruitment efforts engaged in for the Corps in such year and the number of qualified individuals who applied for service in the Corps in such year; (5) the number of patients seen and the number of patient visits recorded during such year with respect to each health professional shortage area to which a Corps member was assigned during such year; (6) the number of Corps members who elected, and the number of Corps members who did not elect, to continue to provide health services in health professional shortage areas after termination of their service in the Corps and the reasons (as reported to the Secretary) of members who did not elect for not making such election; (7) the results of evaluations and determinations made under [section 254f(a)(1)(D) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f/a/1/D&nu

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42 U.S.C. § 254f — Corps personnel

**(a) Conditions necessary for assignment of Corps personnel to area; contents of application for assignment; assignment to particular facility; approval of applications** (1) The Secretary may assign members of the Corps to provide, under regulations promulgated by the Secretary, health services in or to a health professional shortage area during the assignment period only if— (A) a public or private entity, which is located or has a demonstrated interest in such area makes application to the Secretary for such assignment; (B) such application has been approved by the Secretary; (C) the entity agrees to comply with the requirements of [section 254g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254g&num=0&edition=prelim); and (D) the Secretary has (i) conducted an evaluation of the need and demand for health manpower for the area, the intended use of Corps members to be assigned to the area, community support for the assignment of Corps members to the area, the area’s efforts to secure health manpower for the area, and the fiscal management capability of the entity to which Corps members would be assigned and (ii) on the basis of such evaluation has determined that— (I) there is a need and demand for health manpower for the area; (II) there has been appropriate and efficient use of any Corps members assigned to the entity for the area; (III) there is general community support for the assignment of Corps members to the entity; (IV) the area has made unsuccessful efforts to secure health manpower for the area; (V) there is a reasonable prospect of sound fiscal management, including efficient collection of fee-for-service, third-party, and other appropriate funds, by the entity with respect

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42 U.S.C. § 254g — Charges for services by entities using Corps members

**(a) Availability of services regardless of ability to pay or payment source** An entity to which a Corps member is assigned shall not deny requested health care services, and shall not discriminate in the provision of services to an individual— (1) because the individual is unable to pay for the services; or (2) because payment for the services would be made under— (A) the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ([42 U.S.C. 1395](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); (B) the medicaid program under title XIX of such Act ([42 U.S.C. 1396](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); or (C) the State children’s health insurance program under title XXI of such Act ([42 U.S.C. 1397aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1397aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). **(b) Charges for services** The following rules shall apply to charges for health care services provided by an entity to which a Corps member is assigned: (1) **In general** (A) *Schedule of fees or payments* — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the entity shall prepare a schedule of fees or payments for the entity’s services, consistent with locally prevailing rates or charges and designed to cover the entity’s reasonable cost of operation. (B) *Schedule of discounts* — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the entity shall prepare a corresponding schedule of discounts (including, in appropriate cases, waivers) to be applied to the payment of such fees or payments. In preparing the schedule, the entity shall adjust the discounts on the basis of a patient’s ability to pay. (C) *Use of schedules

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42 U.S.C. § 254h–1 — Facilitation of effective provision of Corps services

**(a) Consideration of individual characteristics of members in making assignments** In making an assignment of a Corps member to an entity that has had an application approved under [section 254f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall, subject to making the assignment in accordance with [section 254f–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254f-1&num=0&edition=prelim), seek to assign to the entity a Corps member who has (and whose spouse, if any, has) characteristics that increase the probability that the member will remain in the health professional shortage area involved after the completion of the period of service in the Corps. **(b) Counseling on service in Corps** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall, subject to paragraph (3), offer appropriate counseling on service in the Corps to individuals during the period of membership in the Corps, particularly during the initial period of each assignment. (2) **Career advisor regarding obligated service** (A) In the case of individuals who have entered into contracts for obligated service under the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program, counseling under paragraph (1) shall include appropriate counseling on matters particular to such obligated service. The Secretary shall ensure that career advisors for providing such counseling are available to such individuals throughout the period of participation in the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program. (B) With respect to the Scholarship Program, counseling under paragraph (1) shall include counseling individuals during the period in which the individuals are pursuing an educational degree in the health profession in

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42 U.S.C. § 254i — Annual report to Congress; contents

Page 401 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 254j 1 See References in Text note below. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 294b of this title, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), was repealed and a new section 294b enacted by Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5403(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 648, and, as so enacted, no longer relates to health education and training centers. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 336 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 336A by Pub. L. 97–35, § 2706(a), and is classified to section 254i of this title. AMENDMENTS 2008—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–355 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary shall assist Corps members in estab- lishing appropriate professional relationships between the Corps member involved and the health professions community of the geographic area with respect to which the member is assigned, including such relation- ships with hospitals, with health professions schools, with area health education centers under section 295g–1 of this title, with health education and training centers under such section, and with border health education and training centers under such section. Such assist- ance shall include assistance in obtaining faculty ap- pointments at health professions schools.’’ 2002—Subsecs. (c), (f)(1). Pub. L. 107–251 substituted ‘‘health professional shortage areas’’ for ‘‘health man- power shortage areas’’. 1990—Pub. L. 101–597, § 107, amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘(a) The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with public and private nonprofit enti- ties for the conduct of programs which are designed to prepare individuals subject to a service obligation under the National H

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