Health Manpower and Shortage Area Assistance Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Health Manpower and Shortage Area Assistance Act - Title I: General Provisions - Revises and repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Title II: Assistance for construction of Teaching Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist in the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such purposes. Title III: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps - Expands the provisions governing the making of student loans under the Public Health Service Act and the rates for repayment of such loans. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making Federal capital contributions into the student loan funds of authorized schools. Prescribes new procedures for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps, applications for assistance from the Corps, and assignment and functions of Corps personnel to medically underserved populations. Outlines the rate-of-pay schedule for physician and dentist Corps members engaged in the deliver…