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[CITE: 42USC3505d]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 43--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3505d. National Health Professional Shortage Clearinghouse


(a) Establishment; function

    There is established in the Department of Health and Human Services 
a National Health Professional Shortage Clearinghouse. It shall be the 
function of the Clearinghouse to provide information to, and maintain 
listings of, (1) communities and areas with health professional needs, 
and (2) prospective health workers interested in such opportunities.

(b) Information and listing services available without charge

    Information and listing services performed by the Clearinghouse 
shall be provided free of charge to all interested health professionals 
and to all communities and groups within the areas determined by the 
Secretary under section 294n(f) \1\ of this title to have a shortage of 
and need for health professionals.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(c) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to establish, operate, and maintain the Clearinghouse created by 
subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 92-157, title II, Sec. 202, Nov. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 461; Pub. 
L. 96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 
101-597, title IV, Sec. 401(d), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3035.)

                       References in Text

    Section 294n of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the 
original a reference to section 741 of act July 1, 1944. Section 741 of 
that Act was omitted in the general revision of subchapter V of this 
chapter by Pub. L. 102-408, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 
1994. Pub. L. 102-408 enacted a new section 776 of act July 1, 1944, 
relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, which was classified to 
section 294n of this title and was subsequently renumbered section 2692 
and transferred to section 300ff-111 of this title.

                         Change of Name

    ``Department of Health and Human Services'' substituted for 
``Department of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (a) pursuant 
to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section 
3508(b) of Title 20, Education.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-597 substituted ``National Health Professional 
Shortage Clearinghouse'' for ``National Health Manpower Shortage 
Clearinghouse'' in section catchline and subsec. (a).
