110 STAT. 3640 PUBLIC LAW 104-299—OCT. 11, 1996 "(A) PUBLIC CENTERS.—The Secretary may not expend in any fiscal year, for grants under this section to public centers (as defined in the second sentence of subsection (j)(3)) the governing boards of which (as described in subsection (j)(3)(G)(ii)) do not estabhsh general policies for such centers, an amount which exceeds 5 percent of the amounts appropriated under this section for that fiscal year. For purposes of applying the preceding sentence, the term 'public centers' shall not include health centers that receive grants pursuant to subsection (h) or (i). "(B) DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS. — "(i) FISCAL YEAR 1997. —For fiscal year 1997, the Secretary, in awarding grants under this section shall ensure that the amounts made available under each of subsections (g), (h), and (i) in such fiscal year bears the same relationship to the total amount appropriated for such fiscal year under paragraph (1) as the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996 under each of sections 329, 340, and 340A (as such sections existed one day prior to the date of enactment of this section) bears to the total amount appropriated under sections 329, 330, 340, and 340A (as such sections existed one day prior to the date of enactment of this section) for such fiscal year. "(ii) FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999. —For each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, the Secretary, in awarding grants under this section shall ensure that the proportion of the amounts made available under each of subsections (g), (h), and (i) is equal to the proportion of amounts made available under each such subsection for the previous fiscal year, as such amounts relate to the total amounts appropriated for the previous fiscal year involved, increased or decreased by not more than 10 percent. "(3) FUNDING REPORT.— The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the distribution of funds under this section that are provided to meet the health care needs of medically underserved populations, including the homeless, residents of public housing, and migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, and the appropriateness of the delivery systems involved in responding to the needs of the particular populations. Such report shall include an assessment of the relative health care access needs of the targeted populations and the rationale for any substantial changes in the distribution of funds. "(m) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.— In carrying out this section, the Secretary may enter into a memorandum of agreement with a State. Such memorandum may include, where appropriate, provisions permitting such State to— "(1) analyze the need for primary health services for medically underserved populations within such State; "(2) assist in the planning and development of new health centers; "(3) review and comment upon annual program plans and budgets of health centers, including comments upon allocations of health care resources in the State;
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