PUBLIC LAW 107-251—OCT. 26, 2002 116 STAT. 1643 that may be paid to an individual as reimbursement for such expenses.". (b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. —Section 331 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following: "(i)(l) In carrying out subpart III, the Secretary may, in accordance with this subsection, carry out demonstration projects in which individuals who have entered into a contract for obligated service under the Loan Repayment Program receive waivers under which the individuals are authorized to satisfy the requirement of obligated service through providing clinical service that is not fulltime. "(2) A waiver described in paragraph (1) may be provided by the Secretary only if— "(A) the entity for which the service is to be performed— "(i) has been approved under section 333A for assignment of a Corps member; and "(ii) has requested in writing assignment of a health professional who would serve less than full time; "(B) the Secretary has determined that assignment of a health professional who would serve less than full time would be appropriate for the area where the entity is located; "(C) a Corps member who is required to perform obligated service has agreed in writing to be assigned for less than full-time service to an entity described in subparagraph (A); "(D) the entity and the Corps member agree in writing that the less than full-time service provided by the Corps member will not be less than 16 hours of clinical service per week; "(E) the Corps member agrees in writing that the period of obligated service pursuant to section 338B will be extended so that the aggregate amount of less than full-time service performed will equal the amount of service that would be performed through full-time service under section 338C; and "(F) the Corps member agrees in writing that if the Corps member begins providing less than full-time service but fails to begin or complete the period of obligated service, the method stated in 338E(c) for determining the damages for breach of the individual's written contract will be used after converting periods of obligated service or of service performed into their full-time equivalents. "(3) In evaluating a demonstration project described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall examine the effect of multidisciplinary teams.". SEC. 302. DESIGNATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after the first sentence the following: "All Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)), that meet the requirements of section 334 shall be automatically designated as having such a shortage. Not earlier than 6 years after such date of enactment, and every 6 years
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