EXPANSION OF RURAL HEALTH MEDICAL EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

SEC. 6216. EXPANSION OF RURAL HEALTH MEDICAL EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. (a) Number or Projects.—Section 4038(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 is amended by striking “four sponsoring hospitals” and inserting “10 sponsoring hospitals”. (b) Selection of New Projects.—Section 4038(c) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking “In selecting” and inserting “(1) In selecting”; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B); and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to applications submitted as a result of amendments made by section 6216 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989.”. (c) Commencement of New Projects.—Section 4038(e) of such Act is amended by inserting “(or the date of the enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, in the case of a project conducted as a result of the amendments made by section 6216 of such Act)” after “this Act”.