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42 U.S.C. § 293c — Educational assistance in the health professions regarding individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Authority for grants** — For the purpose of assisting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary, to undertake education to enter a health profession, the Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic, and podiatric medicine, public and nonprofit private schools that offer graduate programs in behavioral and mental health, programs for the training of physician assistants, and other public or private nonprofit health or educational entities to assist in meeting the costs described in paragraph (2).
(2) **Authorized expenditures** — A grant or contract under paragraph (1) may be used by the entity to meet the cost of—
(A) identifying, recruiting, and selecting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, as so determined, for education and training in a health profession;
(B) facilitating the entry of such individuals into such a school;
(C) providing counseling, mentoring, or other services designed to assist such individuals to complete successfully their education at such a school;
(D) providing, for a period prior to the entry of such individuals into the regular course of education of such a school, preliminary education and health research training designed to assist them to complete successfully such regular course of education at such a school, or referring such individuals to institutions providing such preliminary education;
(E) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to students in the education program of such a school or who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enrol
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Authority for grants** — For the purpose of assisting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary, to undertake education to enter a health profession, the Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic, and podiatric medicine, public and nonprofit private schools that offer graduate programs in behavioral and mental health, programs for the training of physician assistants, and other public or private nonprofit health or educational entities to assist in meeting the costs described in paragraph (2).
(2) **Authorized expenditures** — A grant or contract under paragraph (1) may be used by the entity to meet the cost of—
(A) identifying, recruiting, and selecting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, as so determined, for education and training in a health profession;
(B) facilitating the entry of such individuals into such a school;
(C) providing counseling, mentoring, or other services designed to assist such individuals to complete successfully their education at such a school;
(D) providing, for a period prior to the entry of such individuals into the regular course of education of such a school, preliminary education and health research training designed to assist them to complete successfully such regular course of education at such a school, or referring such individuals to institutions providing such preliminary education;
(E) publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to students in the education program of such a school or who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in such a program;
(F) paying such scholarships as the Secretary may determine for such individuals for any period of health professions education at a health professions school;
(G) paying such stipends as the Secretary may approve for such individuals for any period of education in student-enhancement programs (other than regular courses), except that such a stipend may not be provided to an individual for more than 12 months, and such a stipend shall be in an amount determined appropriate by the Secretary (notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the amount of stipends);
(H) carrying out programs under which such individuals gain experience regarding a career in a field of primary health care through working at facilities of public or private nonprofit community-based providers of primary health services; and
(I) conducting activities to develop a larger and more competitive applicant pool through partnerships with institutions of higher education, school districts, and other community-based entities.
(3) **Definition** — In this section, the term “regular course of education of such a school” as used in subparagraph (D) includes a graduate program in behavioral or mental health.
**(b) Requirements for awards** In making awards to eligible entities under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall give preference to approved applications for programs that involve a comprehensive approach by several public or nonprofit private health or educational entities to establish, enhance and expand educational programs that will result in the development of a competitive applicant pool of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who desire to pursue health professions careers. In considering awards for such a comprehensive partnership approach, the following shall apply with respect to the entity involved:
(1) The entity shall have a demonstrated commitment to such approach through formal agreements that have common objectives with institutions of higher education, school districts, and other community-based entities.
(2) Such formal agreements shall reflect the coordination of educational activities and support services, increased linkages, and the consolidation of resources within a specific geographic area.
(3) The design of the educational activities involved shall provide for the establishment of a competitive health professions applicant pool of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds by enhancing the total preparation (academic and social) of such individuals to pursue a health professions career.
(4) The programs or activities under the award shall focus on developing a culturally competent health care workforce that will serve the unserved and underserved populations within the geographic area.
**(c) Equitable allocation of financial assistance** The Secretary, to the extent practicable, shall ensure that services and activities under subsection (a) are adequately allocated among the various racial and ethnic populations who are from disadvantaged backgrounds.
**(d) Matching requirements** The Secretary may require that an entity that applies for a grant or contract under subsection (a), provide non-Federal matching funds, as appropriate, to ensure the institutional commitment of the entity to the projects funded under the grant or contract. As determined by the Secretary, such non-Federal matching funds may be provided directly or through donations from public or private entities and may be in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall make grants to, and enter into contracts with, designated health professions schools described in subsection (c), and other public and nonprofit health or educational entities, for the purpose of assisting the schools in supporting programs of excellence in health professions education for under-represented minority individuals.
**(b) Required use of funds** The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the designated health professions school involved agrees, subject to subsection (c)(1)(C), to expend the grant—
(1) to develop a large competitive applicant pool through linkages with institutions of higher education, local school districts, and other community-based entities and establish an education pipeline for health professions careers;
(2) to establish, strengthen, or expand programs to enhance the academic performance of under-represented minority students attending the school;
(3) to improve the capacity of such school to train, recruit, and retain under-represented minority faculty including the payment of such stipends and fellowships as the Secretary may determine appropriate;
(4) to carry out activities to improve the information resources, clinical education, curricula and cultural competence of the graduates of the school, as it relates to minority health issues;
(5) to facilitate faculty and student research on health issues particularly affecting under-represented minority groups, including research on issues relating to the delivery of health care;
(6) to carry out a program to train students of the school in providing health services to a significant number of under-represented minority individuals through training provided to such students at community-based health facilities that—
(A)
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**(a) Modernization and construction of facilities**
(1) **In general** — The Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH or the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, may make grants or contracts to public and nonprofit private entities to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter existing research facilities or construct new research facilities, subject to the provisions of this section.
(2) **Construction and cost of construction** — For purposes of this section, the terms “construction” and “cost of construction” include the construction of new buildings and the expansion, renovation, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings, including architects’ fees, but do not include the cost of acquisition of land or off-site improvements.
**(b) Scientific and technical review boards for merit-based review of proposals**
(1) **In general: approval as precondition to grants**
(A) *Establishment* — There is established a Scientific and Technical Review Board on Biomedical and Behavioral Research Facilities (referred to in this section as the “Board”).
(B) *Requirement* — The Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH, may approve an application for a grant under subsection (a) only if the Board has under paragraph (2) recommended the application for approval.
(2) **Duties**
(A) *Advice* — The Board shall provide advice to the Director of NIH and the Council of Councils established under section 282(l) of this title (in this section referred to as the “Council”) in carrying out this section.
(B) *Determination of merit* — In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Board shall make a determination of the merit of each application submitted for a grant under subsection (a), after consideratio
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**(a) Requirements for students**
(1) **In general** — Subject to the provisions of this subsection, in the case of student loan funds established under [section 292q of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section292q&num=0&edition=prelim) by schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine, each agreement entered into under such section with such a school shall provide (in addition to the provisions required in subsection (b) of such section) that the school will make a loan from such fund to a student only if the student agrees—
(A) to enter and complete a residency training program in primary health care not later than 4 years after the date on which the student graduates from such school; and
(B) to practice in such care for 10 years (including residency training in primary health care) or through the date on which the loan is repaid in full, whichever occurs first.
(2) **Inapplicability to certain students**
(A) The requirement established in paragraph (1) regarding the student loan fund of a school does not apply to a student if—
(i) the first loan to the student from such fund is made before July 1, 1993; or
(ii) the loan is made from—
(I) a Federal capital contribution under [section 292q of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section292q&num=0&edition=prelim) that is made from amounts appropriated under section 292t(f) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title (in this section referred to as an “exempt Federal capital contribution”); or
(II) a school contribution made under [section 292q of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section292q&num=0&edition=prelim) pursuant to such a Federal cap
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**(a) In general** The Secretary may carry out activities to address documented workforce shortages in State and local health departments in the critical areas of applied public health epidemiology and public health laboratory science and informatics and may expand the Epidemic Intelligence Service.
**(b) Specific uses** In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide for the expansion of existing fellowship programs operated through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a manner that is designed to alleviate shortages of the type described in subsection (a).
**(c) Other programs** The Secretary may provide for the expansion of other applied epidemiology training programs that meet objectives similar to the objectives of the programs described in subsection (b).
**(d) Work obligation** Participation in fellowship training programs under this section shall be deemed to be service for purposes of satisfying work obligations stipulated in contracts under [section 254q–1(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254q–1/j&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(e) General support** Amounts may be used from grants awarded under this section to expand the Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to better support all public health systems at all levels of government.
**(f) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $39,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, of which—
(1) $5,000,000 shall be made available in each such fiscal year for epidemiology fellowship training program activities under subsections (b) and (c);
(2) $5,000,000 shall be made available in each such fiscal year for labor
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 293c
(5) Definition
For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘‘underrepresented
minority
individuals’’
means individuals who are members of racial
or ethnic minority groups that are underrep-
resented in the health professions including
nursing.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII, § 738, as added
Pub. L. 105–392, title I, § 101(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112
Stat. 3532; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title V,
§ 5402(a), title X, § 10501(d), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat.
644, 995.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Subpart III of part D of subchapter II, referred to in
subsec. (a)(5), is classified to section 254l et seq. of this
title.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 293b, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VII,
§ 738, as added Pub. L. 102–408, title I, § 102, Oct. 13, 1992,
106 Stat. 2025, related to loan repayments and fellow-
ships regarding faculty positions, prior to the general
amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105–392.
Another prior section 293b, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373,
title VII, § 722, as added Sept. 24, 1963, Pub. L. 88–129,
§ 2(b), 77 Stat. 168; amended Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90–490,
title I, §§ 102(a), 104(a), 82 Stat. 773, 774; Nov. 18, 1971,
Pub. L. 92–157, title I, § 102(b), (j)(4), (7), 85 Stat. 431, 436,
437; Oct. 12, 1976, Pub. L. 94–484, title III, § 304, 90 Stat.
2255; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title XXVII, § 2723(e),
95 Stat. 916, related to amounts of grants and grants for
multipurpose facilities, prior to the general revision of
this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408.
A prior section 738 of act July 1, 1944, was classified
to section 294k of this title prior to the general revision
of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408.
AMENDMENTS
2010—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–148, § 5402(a
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