transitional provisions and report on area health education centers

transitional provisions and report on area health education centers Sec. 802. (a) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for the next fiscal year there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to continue payments to entities under contracts entered into under section 774 of the Public Health Service90 STAT. 2323 Act (as in effect on September 30, 1977) for projects for area health education centers, except that no payment shall be made to an entity under such a contract in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, unless the entity provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that not later than September 30, 1979, the project for which the payment is to be made will be a project described in subsection (a) of section 781 of such Act (as added by this Act) and the entity and its application will meet the requirements of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of such section. Such payments may only be made from such sums for the periods and amounts specified in such contracts. (b) After October 1, 1978, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall assess the program of contracts under section 781 of the Public Health Service Act (as so added) to determine the effect of the projects funded under such contracts on the distribution of health manpower and on the access to and the quality of health care in the areas in which such projects are located. Not later than September 30, 1979, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the assessment conducted under this subsection.