§254i Annual Report to Congress; Contents

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress a yearly report about the previous calendar year. The report must say which health professional shortage areas were designated, how many there were, their priority, and how many more are expected next year; list applications under section 254f and what was done about each; show how many and what types of Corps members were sent to shortage areas, estimates for next year, and whether more members are needed; describe recruitment efforts and how many qualified people applied; give patient counts and visits by area; say how many members chose to keep working in shortage areas after leaving the Corps and why others did not; report the results of evaluations under section 254f(a)(1)(D); and report amounts charged for services, amounts collected under section 254g, and amounts paid to the Secretary under those agreements.